Original description as Lamprologus tetracanthus:
ZooBank:638A3B81-FE2D-466E-BB61-CD4E1C18A172.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième Partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens". Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. Zoologique 1:122 (crc00130)
Synonyms (1):
- Lamprologus brevianalis Boulenger, 1906, with type locality at Niamkolo, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika. Determiner: Poll, 1946
- Lamprologus marginatus Boulenger, 1914, with type locality at Songwe and Vua, Lake Tanganyika. Determiner: Poll, 1946
Conservation: Neolamprologus tetracanthus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).