Considéré comme synonyme junior de Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther, 1894)
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn & G. G. Teugels. 1991. "Danakilia, Oreochromis, Sarotherodon". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). pp. 75. 307-346; 425-437 (crc00998)
Décrit initialement sous Petrochromis andersonii:
ZooBank:FF33D768-6385-4C47-9E02-2127FFA08D7B.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1901. "Diagnoses of four new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lakes Albert and Albert Edward". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. vol. 8 (Ser. 7) pp. 12-14 (crc01004)