Original description as Apistogramma inornata:
ZooBank:9C3F3F9C-380B-4D8A-BF1F-2A98A97B0DDF.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 2003. "Cichliden Lexikon, Teil 3: Südamerikanische Zwergbuntbarsche". Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen, Germany. 3:219 p (crc00995)
Conservation: Apistogramma inornata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.