Original description as Apistogramma eremnopyge:
ZooBank:7CFA4993-8E99-49CD-B443-E996E33F538C.
- Ready, Jonathan S. & Sven 0. Kullander. 2004. "Apistogramma eremnopyge, A New Species of Cichlid Fish (Teleostei:Cichlidae) from Peru". Zootaxa. 564:1-10(2004) (crc00187)
Conservation: Apistogramma eremnopyge is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).