Original description as Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza:
ZooBank:2F5309E7-3055-4FC3-AAAB-A8D4ACC2B136.
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. pp. 1-431 (crc00282)
Conservation: Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).