Original description as Neolamprologus helianthus:
ZooBank:D9635626-82B6-4514-A745-22C5F6887D5F.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1997. "Ein neuer Cichlide aus dem Tanganjikasee: Neolamprologus helianthus (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 701-706 (crc00220)
Conservation: Neolamprologus helianthus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.