Original description as Mikrogeophagus maculicauda:
ZooBank:CAC17D13-37A6-4A45-B892-1F769A712DE9.
- Staeck, Wolfgang & Felipe Polivanov Ottoni, Ingo Schindler. 2022. "Mikrogeophagus maculicauda, a new dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the eastern drainage of the upper Rio Guaporé, Brazil". Fishtaxa. (24):49-58 (crc12052) (abstract)
Conservation: Mikrogeophagus maculicauda is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.