Original description as Apistogramma martini:
ZooBank:EDD4CAF3-2330-4217-986C-65F671C8B8F2.
- Römer, Uwe & I. Hahn, E. Römer, D. P. Soares, M. Wöhler. 2003. "Apistogramma martini sp. n. - Beschreibung eines geophaginen Zwergcichliden (Teleostei: Perciformes) aus dem nördlichen Peru". Das Aquarium. 37:4(406):14-29 (crc01200) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma martini is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).