最初命名為 Lamprologus modestus:
ZooBank:E2E6A996-31CC-48A6-998B-783A6BDDED32.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1898. "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. vol. 3: pp. 494-497 (crc00006)
保育: Neolamprologus modestus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006).