Original description as 'Haplochromis' oligolepis:
ZooBank:8E025C03-8911-405A-8DC9-2A969A6383E4.
- Lippitsch, Elisabeth. 2003. "Redescription of 'Haplochromis' nubilus (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with description of two new species". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 14; pp. 85-95 (crc00358)
Conservation: Haplochromis oligolepis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).