考慮為晚期同種異名 Tropheus annectens Boulenger, 1900
- Konings, Ad. 1992. "Clues to a step wise speciation". The Cichlids Yearbooks. 2:6-9 (crc00793)
最初命名為 Tropheus polli:
ZooBank:FEE5B9D2-C9D0-4503-8A3B-21B1A998073F.
- Axelrod, Glen S.. 1977. "A new species of Tropheus (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special Publications. 17:1-12 (crc00238) (摘要)