Original description as Ophthalmochromis nasutus:
ZooBank:585CEE48-61F1-49FA-9440-AFE86E1A52E0.
- Poll, Max & H. Matthes. 1962. "Trois poissons remarquables du lac Tanganika". Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Série Zoology). (Serie-8)Zoologique(111):1-26 (crc00209)
Conservation: Ophthalmotilapia nasuta is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).