Pelvicachromis sacrimontis is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family known only from a small area of southeastern Nigeria.

[2] It is occasionally available in the tropical fish trade as "giant krib" and there are three colour morphs – red, green and yellow.

A broad dark mid-lateral band from the posterior edge of the operculum extending to the middle parts or the end of the caudal fin is almost always visible.

All specimens of P. sacrimontis have a dark spot on the outer edge of the operculum which is often bordered by light blue iridescent margins.

The caudal fin is clear to pale reddish with a red margin on the upper half followed by a white or iridescent blue part.

The spiny portion is pale, dark and dusky orange whilst the soft parts are yellowish to clear in most posterior regions.

[3] P. sacrimontis was first described in the monthly journal of the German Cichlid Association (DCG-Info) by Joachim Paulo in 1977 as part of an article on Pelvicachromis kribensis.

Although this publication did not present a complete diagnosis according to Lamboj (1999) it constituted a valid description following the applicable articles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

For a long time the validity of this taxon was either not recognized or the name was defined as an “unjustified substitute“ for Pelvicachromis camerunensis, a name that appeared in Thys van den Audenaerde (1968) but was a commercial name that was not available (Daget et al. 1991).

[3] P. sacrimontis was redescribed by Anton Lamboj and Christopher Pichler in their 2012 paper with a neotype and paraneotypes being assigned from specimens held in The Royal Museum for Central Africa.