Author: Jackson, 1985
Remark: This species is placed in the genus <i>Haplochromis</i> Hilgendorf, 1888 in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2011: Ref. 86697).  We keep the lacustrine and riverine "Haplochromine" species in the genus <i>Haplochromis</i> only for the Lake Victoria catchment  following Van Oijen <i>et al.</i> (1996: Ref. 12750), until a new complete taxonomic revision is published.
Comments: Inhabits swampy lakes and slow streams (Ref. 4967). The maximum length of 110 cm given by Eccles (1992) [Ref. 4967] is apparently a mistake, maybe for 11.0 cm.