最初命名為 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) (摘要)
保育: Apistogramma playayacu 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.