Original description as Heterogramma steindachneri:
ZooBank:B7E28BE1-4B5D-499F-9F8D-79AC68B12DE3.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1909. "Description of a new cichlid fish of the genus Heterogramma from La Plata". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser8)3:15:270 (crc01204)
Synonyms (1):
- Apistogramma ornatipinnis Ahl , 1936, with type locality at Guyana and Amazon River. Determiner: Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
- Apistogramma wickleri Meinken , 1960, with type locality at Río Orinoco, Guiana. Determiner: Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
Conservation: Apistogramma steindachneri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.