Original description as Lepidiolamprologus mimicus:
ZooBank:6DFD2075-538F-4FAB-B365-1B948BDE9169.
- Schelly, Robert & T. Takahashi, R. Bills, M. Hori. 2007. "The first case of aggressive mimicry among lamprologines in a new species of Lepidiolamprologus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Zootaxa. 1638:39-49 (crc01493) (abstract)
Conservation: Lepidiolamprologus mimicus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.