Description: Deutsch: Stigmatochromis modestus. Date: 11 August 1915. Source: https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoffresh03brit#page/60/mode/thumb Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) , Volume 3, 1915. Author: Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937.
Description: Deutsch: Stigmatochromis woodi. Date: 1 January 1921. Source: The cichlid fishes of Lake Nyassa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921: 675-727 & Plates I-VI. Seite 724. Author: Charles Tate Regan (1878 - 1943).
Description: English: Young adult individual of Stigmatochromis woodi (type species of the genus) freshly collected from Lake Malawi, showing the genus-typical color pattern including three small main lateral spots. Photographed in a photographic tank. Date: 1971-??-??. Source: Self-photographed. Author: Michael K. Oliver, Ph.D.
