最初描述为 Paratilapia thomasi:
ZooBank:8F9CD976-A569-48AD-AFF0-4C3F383A819A.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1915. "Descriptions of new freshwater fishes from Sierra Leone". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8)15:202-204 (crc00008)
保育: Anomalochromis thomasi 由国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (LC) 无危(Least Concern) (2006).