Original description as Lamprologus savoryi pulcher:
ZooBank:EB1903C4-3433-4653-BF8F-A04C0B10EBD8.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn & Max Poll. 1952. "Three new species and two new subspecies of the genus Lamprologus, Cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 28(50):1-16 (crc00055)
Conservation: Neolamprologus pulcher is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).