最初命名為 Telmatochromis bifrenatus:
ZooBank:7FC4D262-9096-4209-936F-512E80D686FB.
- Myers, George Sprague. 1938. "Report on the fishes collected by H. C. Raven in Lake Tanganyika in 1920". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 84(2998):1-15 (crc00232)
保育: Telmatochromis bifrenatus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006).