Original description as Apistogramma rositae:
ZooBank:4A326251-2657-442A-9E21-4190A0774880.
- Römer, Uwe. 2006. "Apistogramma rositae, Beschreibung eines weiteren Zwergbuntbarsches aus Peru". Cichlid Atlas 2: Natural History of South American Dwarf Cichlids – Volume 2 (crc01462)
Conservation: Apistogramma rositae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).