Original description as Apistogramma juruensis:
ZooBank:DC980A7D-2734-4578-92B5-BFEA9724EEBA.
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. 1-431 (crc00282)
Conservation: Apistogramma juruensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.