Original description as Parananochromis ornatus:
ZooBank:8B5F6F14-0F12-48F5-A8AF-48E29B8ECF8E.
- Lamboj, Anton & Melanie L.J. Stiassny. 2003. "Three new Parananochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Gabon and Cameroon, Central Africa". Zootaxa. 209:1-19 (crc00337)
Conservation: Parananochromis ornatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2010).