Original description as Apistogramma alacrina:
ZooBank:5976253B-5FBF-42BA-A58A-117038CA0913.
- Kullander, Sven. 2004. "Apistogramma alacrina, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Colombia". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 15:1:41-48 (crc00991) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma alacrina is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.