Original description:
- Poll, Max. 1986. "Classification des Cichlidae du lac Tanganika. Tribus, genres et especes". Academie Royale de Belgique, Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences. Collection in 8 - 2ème série:45(2):1-163 (crc00033)
Type species: Lamprologus compressiceps Boulenger, 1898 (original designation).
Described species included (3):
valid: 3- Lamprologus compressiceps Boulenger, 1898 (valid)
- Lamprologus fasciatus Boulenger, 1898 (valid)
- Lamprologus calvus Poll, 1978 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (1):
- sp. 'compressiceps shell' (undescribed)