Original description as Apistogramma guttata:
ZooBank:3818A369-681D-43CA-B984-70F9D4443FEB.
- Antonio, C. & S.O. Kullander, C.A. Lasso. 1989. "Description of a new Apistogramma species (Teleostei-Cichlidae) from the Morichal River Slong in Venezuela". Acta Biológica Venezuelica. 12:ns3-4:131-139 (crc01197)
Conservation: Apistogramma guttata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.