Original description as Neolamprologus bifasciatus:
ZooBank:06D5CB6F-82A6-443D-B0F1-023765F9C810.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1993. "Neolamprologus bifasciatus n. sp.: ein neuer Tanganjikasee-Cichlide (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 46:385-389 (crc00052)
Conservation: Neolamprologus bifasciatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.