Original description as Apistogramma tucurui:
ZooBank:C9E7D617-5997-4696-AB17-01F05CE480BE.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 2003. "Cichliden Lexikon, Teil 3: Südamerikanische Zwergbuntbarsche". Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen, Germany. 3:219 p (crc00995)
Conservation: Apistogramma tucurui is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.