Original description as Nannacara aureocephalus:
ZooBank:D0479E66-6108-4A0F-943B-90887566F25A.
- Allgayer, Robert. 1983. "Nannacara aureocephalus, espèce nouvelle de Guyane française (Pisces, Cichlidae)". Revue Française des Cichlidophiles. n. 33 (1983); pp. 13-16 (crc01025)
Conservation: Nannacara aureocephalus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.