Original description as Apistogramma eleutheria:
ZooBank:65196ACB-8A1C-4D68-A82E-DE116F9214AD.
- Varella, Henrique Rosa & R. Britzke. 2016. "Apistogramma eleutheria and A. flavipedunculata, two new species of dwarf cichlids from the rio Curuá on Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 27(1):81-95 (crc07300) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma eleutheria is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.