最初命名為 Apistogramma helkeri:
ZooBank:27586FA4-FBDA-4195-BC25-97A343B7D7E0.
- Schindler, Ingo & W. Staeck. 2013. "Description of Apistogramma helkeri sp. n., a new geophagine dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the lower río Cuao (Orinoco drainage) in Venezuela". Vertebrate Zoology. v. 63(n. 3), pp. 301-306 (crc06068) (摘要)
保育: Apistogramma helkeri 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.