Original description as Neolamprologus pectoralis:
ZooBank:9367DD0C-CC74-4F00-A68E-FA96176DD2DD.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1991. "Ein neuer Tanganjikasee-Cichlide aus Zaire. Neolamprologus pectoralis n. sp. (Cichlidae, Lamprologini).". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 44:788-792 (crc00149)
Conservation: Neolamprologus pectoralis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.