最初命名為 Tilapia brevimanus:
ZooBank:3201BE22-57BF-4861-9D03-BE2A71E9B503.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1911. "Further descriptions of new freshwater fishes discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Portuguese Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Vol. 8 (Ser. 8) pp. 56-57 (crc00229)
同種異名 (1):
- Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919, 其模式產地在 Mt. Coffee, St. Paul's River, Liberia. 鑑定者: Paugy et al., 1990
保育: Tilapia brevimanus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006).