最初命名為 Apistogramma ortmanni rupununi:
ZooBank:3A95ED94-4E91-430C-9768-47508AC895B4.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1914. "Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 66:229-284 (crc01206)
保育: Apistogramma rupununi 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.