Original description as Geophagus harreri:
ZooBank:C81EF00C-6FE6-48E6-BC38-6AD8ABAC40A4.
- Gosse, Jean-Pierre. 1976. "Révision du genre Geophagus (Pisces Cichlidae)". Académie royale des Sciences d'Outre-mer - Classe des Sciences naturelles et Médicines. 1-173 (crc00964)
Conservation: Geophagus harreri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.