Original description as Apistogramma paucisquamis:
ZooBank:26ED8DD3-E12E-45DE-AFE0-E6EAD01ADAB6.
- Kullander, Sven & Wolfgang Staeck. 1988. "Description of a new Apistogramma species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Negro in Brazil". Cybium. 12:3:189-201 (crc01203)
Conservation: Apistogramma paucisquamis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.