Original description as Tilapia konkourensis:
ZooBank:21349728-3291-4071-99E2-CF2536F743A1.
- Dunz, Andreas R. & Schliewen, Ulrich. 2012. "Description of a rheophilic Tilapia species Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Guinea with comments on Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962". Zootaxa. v. 3314, pp. 17-30 (crc04442) (abstract)
Conservation: Coptodon konkourensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.