Original description as Astatotilapia tweddlei:
ZooBank:60C294FB-60AE-4BD3-A62A-3468C412636D.
- Jackson, P. B. N. 1985. "Astatotilapia tweddlei, a new species of fluviatile haplochromine cichlid fish from Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta, Malawi, with zoogeographical notes". J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special Publications. (no. 38): pp. 1-10 (crc01648) (abstract)
Conservation: Astatotilapia tweddlei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).