Considéré comme synonyme junior de Oreochromis spilurus niger (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 Tilapia nilotica var. athiensis:
ZooBank:4B94499C-B628-4B0F-B0A2-E4043BBEF4A0.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1916. "On specimens of the perciform fish Tilapia nilotica with increased number of anal spines". Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London. v. 86(n. 2), pp. 345-347. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb02017.x (crc01626)