Original description as Bujurquina huallagae:
ZooBank:3F6BAD57-6BDC-42EC-A032-5F0517079131.
- 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 huallagae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).