Original description as Lamprologus ornatipinnis:
ZooBank:C1DF4EF0-82F8-4C7E-970F-DB81F9A3AC6D.
- Poll, Max. 1949. "Deuxième série de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par la mission hydrobiologique belge en Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 25(33):1-55 (crc00123)
Conservation: exLamprologus ornatipinnis 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 ornatipinnis is a widespread species with no known major widespread threat (Bigirimana, 2006).