Original description as Geophagus mapiritensis:
ZooBank:218F820C-3EF6-4DE8-8E8B-4AA189B06E3D.
- Fernández-Yépez, Agustín. 1950. "Notas sobre la fauna ictiológica de Venezuela". Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. v. 10 pp. 111-118 (crc01434)
Conservation: Satanoperca mapiritensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.