Original description as Apistogramma luelingi:
ZooBank:23E4E7F1-65CF-4F89-8696-767C11E252F4.
- Kullander, Sven. 1976. "Apistogramma luelingi sp. nov., a new cichlid fish from Bolivia (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 27:ns3-4:258-266 (crc01199)
Conservation: Apistogramma luelingi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).