Kaliwatan sa isda ang Melanochromis mpoto^[1]. Una ning gihulagway ni Konings ug Jay R. Stauffer ni adtong 2012.^[2] Ang Melanochromis mpoto sakop sa kahenera nga Melanochromis, ug kabanay nga Cichlidae.^[1][3] Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 42887338. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. (2012) Review of the Lake Malawi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. , Zootaxa 3258:1-27.
3. ↑ Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds). (2019). FishBase (version Feb 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.