Original description as Bujurquina tambopatae:
ZooBank:D30D9400-A484-475C-A545-4D59C148FB0D.
- 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 tambopatae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2014).