Original description as Tilapia tournieri:
ZooBank:4A6BEB77-5475-4A1B-ADD4-63F34280E6B5.
- Daget , Jacques. 1965. "Poissons nouveaux de Côte d'Ivoire". Bulletin du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle. (Séries 2)590-595 (crc00698)
Sub-species:
Conservation: Sarotherodon tournieri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.