Original description as Neolamprologus marunguensis:
ZooBank:7BB28A57-F0B7-4522-A82C-C511181015B1.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1989. "Ein neuer Tanganjika-Cichlide aus Zaire. Neolamprologus marunguensis n. sp. (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 42(12):739-743 (crc01435)
Conservation: Neolamprologus marunguensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.