Original description as Cichlasoma ramsdeni:
ZooBank:99A4CBF9-92F1-4165-999A-6ED2B9E106EB.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1938. "A small collection of fresh-water fishes from eastern Cuba". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. pp. 143-147 (crc00266)
Conservation: Nandopsis ramsdeni is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.