最初命名為 Lamprologus prochilus:
ZooBank:9BDF29F1-ACC3-4E52-9B80-9807D7CFF753.
- Bailey, Reeve M & D.J. Stewart. 1977. "Cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika: additions to the Zambian fauna including two new species". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (n. 679), pp. 30 (crc00150)
保育: Neolamprologus prochilus 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).