Original description as Gymnogeophagus missioneiro:
ZooBank:CF8798C-A9C1-4492-9E08-42A12A8D7BDF.
- Malabarba, Luis R & M.C. Malabarba, R.E. Reis. 2015. "Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage". Neotropical Ichthyology. 13(4):637-662. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140188 (crc07024) (abstract)
Conservation: Gymnogeophagus missioneiro is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.