Original description as Amphilophus viridis:
ZooBank:5D70BA9A-D234-4D22-B8D3-88EDD81BF4DA.
- 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 viridis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2020).