Original description as Apistogramma velifera:
ZooBank:6706C953-5870-4374-975C-CDF368E7C72C.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 2003. "Cichliden Lexikon, Teil 3: Südamerikanische Zwergbuntbarsche". Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen, Germany. v. 3; 219 p (crc00995)
Conservation: Apistogramma velifera is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.