Original description as Petenia myersi:
ZooBank:0023D827-BB63-4FFD-A724-A6E891AF44CD.
- Schultz, Leonard Peter. 1944. "A new species of cichlid fish of the genus Petenia from Colombia". Journal of the Washington Academy of Science. 34(12):410-412 (crc00286)
Synonyms (1):
- Caquetaia amploris Fowler, 1945, with type locality at Morelia, Río Caquetá drainage, Colombia. Determiner: Kullander, 1983
Conservation: Caquetaia myersi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2014).