Original description as Apistogramma cinilabra:
ZooBank:D18BC144-E970-40DB-AD1D-53C4E8255D61.
- Römer, Uwe & F. Duponchelle, A. Vela, C. García, S. Sirvas, C. Díaz, J-F. Renno. 2011. "Apistogramma cinilabra sp. n.: Description of a potentially endangered endemic cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Departamento Loreto, Peru". Vertebrate Zoology. 61(1):3-23 (crc03257) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma cinilabra is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2016).