最初命名為 Apistogramma velifera:
ZooBank:6706C953-5870-4374-975C-CDF368E7C72C.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 2003. "Cichliden Lexikon, Teil 3: Südamerikanische Zwergbuntbarsche". Dähne Verlag, Ettlingen, Germany. 3:219 p (crc00995)
保育: Apistogramma velifera 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (VU) 易危的 (2020). There are plausible present and future threats to the distribution of Apistogramma velifera. The geographical distribution of the species is restricted to the Inírida River Star region and the confluence of the Orinoco-Ventuari delta. There are only eight records of collection of the species and it is only registered in five threat-based locations in the Orinoco-Ventuari confluence. The Venezuelan population faces an exponential deterioration of the habitat (from Mesa Salazar, 2022).