Original description as Apistogramma viejita:
ZooBank:DCFBBA6D-04E5-4364-93EB-7DF04EE6CC49.
- 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) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma viejita is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.