Original description as Cyprichromis zonatus:
ZooBank:22E47CF2-5121-4FBB-A844-90458C87B9DD.
- Takahashi, Tetsumi & M. Hori & K. Nakaya. 2002. "New species of Cyprichromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, Africa". Copeia. v. 2002(n. 4), pp. 1029-1036. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[1029:NSOCPC]2.0.CO;2 (crc00214) (abstract)
Conservation: Cyprichromis zonatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.