Original reference as Andinoacara sp. 'choco':
- Musilová, Zuzana & Oldřich Říčan, Štěpánka Říčanová, Petr Janšta, Ondřej Gahura & Jindřich Novák. 2015. "Phylogeny and historical biogeography of trans-Andean cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. v. 65(n. 3), pp. 333-350 (crc06962) (abstract)
Conservation: Andinoacara sp. 'choco' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.