Original description as Apistogramma hippolytae:
ZooBank:D2EE5A28-82C1-40EF-8A4A-13D4D87CD10F.
- Kullander, Sven. 1982. "Beschreibung einer neuen Apistogramma-Art aus Zentral-Amazonien (Teleostei: Cichlidae).". Deutsche Cichliden Gesellschaft- Informationen. 13:10:181-193. (crc01190)
Conservation: Apistogramma hippolytae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.