Original description as Neolamprologus variostigma:
ZooBank:AEB982D5-A327-44EB-AA24-26E1C8A937BD.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1995. "Ein neuer Cichlide von der zairischen Küste des Tanganjikasees Neolamprologus variostigma n. sp. (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 794-797 (crc00227)
Conservation: Lepidiolamprologus variostigma is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.