Original description as Xenotilapia ochrogenys bathyphilus:
ZooBank:9D48CB58-764A-49C9-AFB2-C665416E60E7.
- Poll, Max. 1956. "Poissons Cichlidae - Xenotilapia ochrogenys bathyphilus". Exploration hydrobiologique du lac Tanganika (1946-1947) - Résultats scientifiques. pp. 279-285 (crc03471) (abstract)
Conservation: Xenotilapia bathyphilus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).