Original description as Neolamprologus nigriventris:
ZooBank:661DE346-AD10-4C6C-9AC7-1FCA29ED39D6.
- Büscher, Heinz H.. 1992. "Neolamprologus nigriventris n. sp.: ein neuer Tanganjikasee-Cichlide (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 778-783 (crc00148)
Conservation: Neolamprologus nigriventris is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.