Original description as Lamprologus finalimus:
ZooBank:7D2040ED-7456-48A9-B60F-31014B583752.
- Nichols, John Treadwell & F. R. La Monte. 1931. "A new Lamprologus from Lake Tanganyika". American Museum Novitates. (478):1-2 (crc01396)
Conservation: exLamprologus finalimus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2006).