Original description as Haplochromis ampullarostratus:
ZooBank:76089CA4-AE96-4349-86CA-5594E25A361C.
- Schraml, Erwin. 2004. "Die Artenvielfalt der Fische in Ugandas Gewässern". Deutsche Cichliden Gesellschaft- Informationen. Sonderheft 3 (Sep-2004); pp. 1-48 (crc00356)
Conservation: Haplochromis ampullarostratus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2016).