Original description as Apistogramma megaptera:
ZooBank:DF9B656D-FEDF-4AB1-85A1-94FD8D594C39.
- Mesa Salazar, Lina M & C.A. Lasso. 2011. "Apistogramma megaptera (Perciformes: Cichlidae), una nueva especie para la cuenca del Orinoco". Biota Colombiana. 12(1):19-29 (crc04404) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma megaptera is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.