Original description as Lamprologus speciosus:
ZooBank:AA1B349F-3D33-462A-B742-920DBF1EB471.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1991. "Neue Schneckencichliden aus dem Tanganjikasee. Lamprologus meleagris n. sp. und L. speciosus n. sp. (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 44(6):374-382 (crc00045) (abstract)
Conservation: exLamprologus speciosus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.