最初命名為 Tilapia dageti:
ZooBank:2F82C786-A088-4A49-8040-E90FF46A2961.
- Thys van den Audenaerde, Dirk F.E.. 1971. "Some new data concerning the Tilapia -species of the subgenus Coptodon (Pisces, Cichlidae)". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 160-168 (crc00979)
保育: Coptodon dageti 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 (2019). This species has a wide distribution with no known major widespread threats (Diouf et al., 2020).