Original description as Heterogramma borellii:
ZooBank:2ADBE87E-5CB5-4457-8B3C-2E9B0B23A232.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1906. "Revision of the South-American cichlid genera Retroculus, Geophagus, Heterogramma, and Biotoecus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]17:49-66 (crc00341)
Synonyms (2):
- Heterogramma ritense Haseman, 1911, with type locality at Rio Santa Rita at Santa Rita, River Paraguay system, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
- Heterogramma rondoni de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918, with type locality at Cáceres, na Caicara (Campina), Río Paraguay. Brazil. Determiner: Britski et al., 1999
- Apistogramma aequipinnis Ahl, 1938, with type locality at Argentina. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
- Apistogramma reitzigi Mitsch, 1938, with type locality at Probably Amazon region, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
Conservation: Apistogramma borellii is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.