Original description as Apistogramma staecki:
ZooBank:69069ABF-0635-4E25-A8BB-E354DC8FE0A8.
- Koslowski, Ingo. 1985. "Descriptions of new species of Apistogramma (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Rio Mamoré system in Bolivia". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 36:ns1-2:145-162 (crc01194)
Conservation: Apistogramma staecki is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.