Original description as Acara curviceps:
ZooBank:9B045D39-52E8-45EE-B5FB-C22C56122671.
- Ahl, Ernst. 1924. "Eine neue Cichlidenart aud dem Amazonestrom". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11 (1); pp. 44-45 (crc00344)
Conservation: Laetacara curviceps is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species. Laetacara curviceps is widely distributed and occurs in stable habitats.