最初命名為 Lamprologus splendens:
ZooBank:E02021B8-B85F-481C-B674-F92F8638DB9F.
- Brichard, Pierre. 1989. "Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika". TFH Publications. 1-544 (crc00025)
保育: Neolamprologus splendens 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).