Original description as Lamprologus lemairii:
ZooBank:12072124-EF7E-4D42-9367-5691831D33D5.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "Second contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika - On the fishes obtained by the Congo Free State Expedition under Lieut. Lemaire in 1898". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 15(4):87–96 (crc00043)
Conservation: exLamprologus lemairii is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).