最初命名為 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)
保育: Apistogramma paucisquamis 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.