Original description as Apistogramma wapisana:
ZooBank:23941E1E-1584-447E-9793-9E20873789C0.
- Römer, Uwe & Ingo Hahn, Anthony Conrad. 2006. "Apistogramma wapisana, Beschreibung eines Zwergcichliden aus Nordbrasilien". Cichlid Atlas 2: Natural History of South American Dwarf Cichlids – Volume 2. 748-763 (crc01470) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma wapisana is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.