Original description as Tilapia bilineata:
ZooBank:177CAA25-B13D-48F0-A909-C8BEE9B36DCD.
- Pellegrin, Jacques. 1900. "Cichlidés nouveaux de l'Afrique équatoriale". Bulletin du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle. 6:275-278 (crc00980)
Conservation: Congolapia bilineata is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2009).