Original description as Geophagus brasiliensis var. iporangensis:
ZooBank:EC8E61C3-3A86-4D28-BCD7-9C889832D605.
- Haseman, John D.. 1911. "An annotated catalog of the cichlid fishes collected by the expedition of the Carnegie Museum to central South America, 1907-10". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 329-373 (crc00340)
Conservation: Geophagus iporangensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.