Original description as Bujurquina robusta:
ZooBank:F256318C-05D0-4FB6-B6A4-529179A81653.
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. 1-431 (crc00282)
Conservation: Bujurquina robusta is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2014).