Original description as Labeotropheus simoneae:
ZooBank:E75D3D5A-24E9-481C-A5F1-71598575B97B.
- Pauers, Michael J. 2016. "Two new and remarkably similarly colored species of Labeotropheus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake MalaƔi, Africa". Copeia. v. 104(n. 3), pp. 628-638 (crc07407) (abstract)
Conservation: Labeotropheus simoneae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.