Original description as Haplochromis buysi:
ZooBank:145FF6AD-5F84-4EB5-877D-72B1DFD601EE.
- Penrith, M.L.. 1970. "Report on a small collection of fishes from the Kunene River mouth". Cimbebasia. (SerA)165-176 (crc00195)
Synonyms (1):
- Tilapia steindachneri Boulenger, 1913, with type locality at Dongwenna Swamp and Que River, Angola. Determiner: van Oijen et al., 1991
Conservation: Thoracochromis buysi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2007).