最初命名為 Apistogramma macmasteri:
ZooBank:1CC7A739-DA6C-4B03-82BC-1600DCDDC7C3.
- Kullander, Sven. 1979. "Species of Apistogramma (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Orinoco drainage basin, South America, with descriptions of four new species". Zoologica Scripta. 8(1):69-79. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1979.tb006 (crc00348) (摘要)
保育: Apistogramma macmasteri 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.