Original description as Lamprologus laparogramma:
ZooBank:2B87D1FD-2610-4DA7-B9BD-D0AA9E389792.
- Bills, Roger Ian & Anthony J. Ribbink. 1997. "Description of Lamprologus laparogramma sp. nov., and rediagnosis of Lamprologus signatus Poll 1956 and Lamprologus kungweensis Poll 1952, with notes on their ecology and behavior (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". South African Journal of Science. 3(/Dec1997):555-564 (crc01276)
Conservation: Neolamprologus laparogramma is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.