Original description as Amphilophus globosus:
ZooBank:2407BE43-FDA9-409C-9DD8-EFA222763598.
- Geiger, Mathias Felix & J.K. McCrary & J.R. Stauffer Jr.. 2010. "Description of two new species of the Midas cichlid complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v.123(2): pp.159-173 (crc02664) (abstract)
Conservation: Amphilophus globosus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.