Original description as Amphilophus tolteca:
ZooBank:553205BD-5467-4CE5-87C4-936970671283.
- Recknagel, Hans & H. Kusche, K.R. Elmer & A. Meyer. 2013. "Two new endemic species in the Midas cichlid species complex from Nicaraguan crater lakes: Amphilophus tolteca and Amphilophus viridis (Perciformes, Cichlidae)". Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology. v. 19(n. 4), pp. 207-224 (crc05757) (abstract)
Conservation: Amphilophus tolteca is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.