Original description as Apistogramma rubrolineata:
ZooBank:545938F4-6F63-4C75-8D8E-2BFD7B5AAAEF.
- Hein, G. & A. Zarske, J. Zapata. 2002. "Apistogramma rubrolineata sp. n. Ein neuer Buntbarsch (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) aus dem Rio Manuripi, Departamento Pando, in Bolivien". Das Aquarium. 402:15-19 (crc01205)
Conservation: Apistogramma rubrolineata is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).