Original description as Bujurquina megalospilus:
ZooBank:73B6CC90-62CD-4B5B-889C-2D290C11BB19.
- 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 megalospilus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).