Original description as Bujurquina pardus:
- Arbour, Jessica H & R.E. Barriga Salazar & H. López-Fernández. 2014. "A New Species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Río Danta, Ecuador, with a Key to the Species in the Genus". Copeia. v. 2014(n. 1), pp. 79-86. DOI: 10.1643/CI-13-028 (crc06195) (abstract)
Conservation: Bujurquina pardus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).