Original description as Apistogramma inconspicua:
ZooBank:D39BB30E-1265-41A0-9739-28683A309598.
- Kullander, Sven. 1983. "Cichlid fishes from the La Plata basin. Part IV. Review of the Apistogramma species, with description of a new species (Teleostei, Cichlidae).". Zoologica Scripta. 11:4:307-313 (crc01198)
Conservation: Apistogramma inconspicua is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.