最初命名為 Haplochromis velifer:
ZooBank:107A4A83-4FF2-427E-9DE9-D268B4C3FFFC.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1933. "Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes, 1930-1. --11. The cichlid fishes". Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology). 38:259:309-341. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb00062.x (crc01010)
保育: Astatotilapia velifer 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (VU) 易危的 (1996).