Original description as Apistogramma geisleri:
ZooBank:C34A76A0-86D3-4647-A0F5-8F042BAACA19.
- Meinken, Hermann. 1971. "Apistogramma geisleri n. sp. und Apistogramma borellii (Regan) aus dem Amazonas-Becken (Pisces: Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica. 52(1-2):35-40 (crc01192)
Conservation: Apistogramma geisleri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.