Original description as Julidochromis ocellatus:
ZooBank:18FC28A2-D594-47BC-A4E4-5CE2DFD153EE.
- Steindachner, Franz. 1909. "Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem Tanganyikasee". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 46(24):399-404 (crc00053)
Synonyms (1):
- Lamprologus lestradei Poll, 1943, with type locality at Rumonge, Lake Tanganyika. Determiner: Poll, 1956
Conservation: exLamprologus ocellatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006). exLamprologus ocellatus is a very common cichlid in Lake Tanganyika and is at the moment nowhere threatened with overfishing or with habitat destruction.