Original description as Bujurquina ortegai:
ZooBank:BB5922E2-73BD-4692-9126-F26D31C5B070.
- 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 ortegai is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).