Original description as Apistogramma norberti:
ZooBank:58499502-BD4C-4A48-AA88-AC691AC41677.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 1991. "Eine neue Apistogramma-Art (Teleostei: Cichlidae) aus dem peruanischen Amazonasgebiet". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 2:2:139-149 (crc01202)
Conservation: Apistogramma norberti is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).