Considéré comme synonyme junior de Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912)
- 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 Tilapia alleni:
ZooBank:5557F902-C25A-41B9-BDE1-D268D179FFAE.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1931. "The fishes obtained by the De Schauensee South African Expedition, 1930". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 83; pp. 233-249 (crc00997)