Original description as Lamprologus leloupi:
ZooBank:CC6C3019-319F-4322-ABF9-A4EE6ADCCC76.
- Poll, Max. 1948. "Descriptions de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par la mission hydrobiologique belge au Lac Tanganika (1946-1947)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 24(26):1-31 (crc00136)
Conservation: exLamprologus leloupi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).