Original description as Apistogramma huascar:
ZooBank:9F883757-736D-43D9-901C-B2DB930A98DD.
- Römer, Uwe & E. Römer, D. P. Soares, I. Hahn. 2006. "Apistogramma huascar sp. n. - Description of a geophagine Dwarf Cichlid (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the North of Peru". Cichlid Atlas 2: Natural History of South American Dwarf Cichlids – Volume 2. 636-661. ISBN: 978-3-88244-041-6 (crc01414) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma huascar is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).