Original description as Tilapia ismailiaensis:
ZooBank:1EB1ACD0-3010-4BEA-8B75-10C9BE8DE9C7.
- Mekkawy, Imam Abdel-Ghany Ahmed. 1995. "Description of Tilapia ismailiaensis sp. n., (Cichlidae) from Egypt". Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt. pp. 29-43 (crc00713) (abstract)
Conservation: Coptodon ismailiaensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).