Original description as Apistogramma acrensis:
ZooBank:F1B5AF28-C7D7-4540-9454-F38FBC58C82E.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 2003. "Cichliden Lexikon, Teil 3: Südamerikanische Zwergbuntbarsche". Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen, Germany. 3:219 p (crc00995)
Conservation: Apistogramma acrensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.