Original description as Bujurquina eurhinus:
ZooBank:74A705FA-1052-4FE9-B5E7-FF48D397938F.
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. pp. 1-431 (crc00282)
Conservation: Bujurquina eurhinus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).