最初命名為 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)
保育: Neolamprologus gracilis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006).