Typový druh
Lithochromis rubripinnis Seehausen, Lippitsch & Bouton in Seehausen et al., 1998.
Původní popis
Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, E., Bouton, N. & Zwennes, H. 1998. Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 9 (no. 2): 129-228.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.