Original description as Apistogramma playayacu:
ZooBank:18007F08-6F08-45D3-8D05-DCEB0EC394F5.
- Römer, Uwe. 2011. "Apistogramma playayacu sp. n.: Description of a new cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from the Rio Napo system, Ecuador". Vertebrate Zoology. 61(3):321 – 333 (crc04092) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma playayacu is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.