Original description as Apistogramma payaminonis:
ZooBank:D255C156-C13A-4068-8F56-839F5FF812B2.
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. 1-431 (crc00282)
Conservation: Apistogramma payaminonis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).