Original description as Apistogramma mendezi:
ZooBank:601190B2-7160-462A-911E-9FA21D561B8B.
- Römer, Uwe. 1994. "Apistogramma mendezi nov. sp. (Teleostei: Perciformes; Cichlidae): description of a new dwarf cichlid from the Rio Negro system, Amazonas State, Brazil". Aqua: Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology. 1(1):1-12 (crc01201) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma mendezi is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.