最初命名為 Pelmatochromis obesus:
ZooBank:6902104D-1D22-44B1-B54C-4324FE1C860D.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1906. "Descriptions of new fishes discovered by Mr E. Degen in Lake Victoria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (ser7)17:433-452 (crc00190)
同種異名 (1):
- Paratilapia gestri Boulenger, 1911, 其模式產地在 Jinja, Ripon Falls, Uganda. 鑑定者: Greenwood, 1959
保育: Haplochromis obesus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (CR) 極危 (2010).