Original description as Lamprologus christyi:
ZooBank:22107FCF-F68E-4420-99BE-6416DDC416B1.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn & Max Poll. 1952. "Three new species and two new subspecies of the genus Lamprologus, Cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 28(50):1-16 (crc00055)
Conservation: Neolamprologus christyi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).