Original description as Neolamprologus devosi:
ZooBank:E029B22B-61C7-4139-B48F-54D52FA58ED1.
- Schelly, Robert & M.L.J. Stiassny, L. Seegers. 2003. "Neolamprologus devosi sp.n., a new riverine lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the lower Malagarasi River, Tanzania". Zootaxa. 373:1 - 11 (crc01264) (abstract)
Conservation: Neolamprologus devosi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2009).