Original description as Lamprologus gracilis:
ZooBank:BA6A98BB-2E0F-47B7-BBE6-2DF0B67EC657.
- Brichard, Pierre. 1989. "Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika". TFH Publications. 1-544 (crc00025)
Conservation: Neolamprologus gracilis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).