Original description as Apistogramma diplotaenia:
ZooBank:2E8B97EB-29F3-4D3E-B2AB-37449F4CD07B.
- Kullander, Sven. 1987. "A new Apistogramma species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Negro in Brazil and Venezuela". Zoologica Scripta. 16:3:259-270 (crc01177) (abstract)
Conservation: Apistogramma diplotaenia is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.