Original description as Apistogramma resticulosa:
ZooBank:EDF02893-FE62-4687-B429-3E2D80791DC4.
- Kullander, Sven. 1980. "A taxonomical study of the genus Apistogramma Regan, with a revision of Brazilian and Peruvian species (Teleostei: Percoidei: Cichlidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 1-152 (crc00334)
Conservation: Apistogramma resticulosa is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.