Ein jüngeres Synonym von Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
- Stiassny, Melanie. 1991. "Tylochromis". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). pp. 482-508 (crc00993)
Erstbeschreibung als Tilapia shariensis:
ZooBank:871403EF-A2F8-4376-8A2D-00E1F07405F2.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1949. "Results of the two Carpenter African expeditions, 1946-1948. Pt. II--The fishes". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 101: pp. 233-275 (crc01690)