Original description as Lamprologus falcicula:
ZooBank:F161412F-8FE7-4A25-8E7E-E9DB449AF411.
- Brichard, Pierre. 1989. "Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika". TFH Publications. 1-544 (crc00025)
Conservation: Neolamprologus falcicula is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).