Original description as Bujurquina beniensis:
ZooBank:C6189F2A-667C-4F79-8089-585A6700FD5C.
- Careaga, Matias & Guido Miranda, Fernando M. Carvajal-Vallejos. 2023. "Description of two new species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Bolivian Amazon". Neotropical Ichthyology. 21(2):e220093. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0093 (crc12322) (abstract)
Conservation: Bujurquina beniensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species. Bujurquina beniensis was collected from different tributaries of the Río Beni drainage, corresponding to an Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of approximately 8,900 km2. No specific threats were detected (Careaga et al., 2023:9).