Original description as Tilapia louka:
ZooBank:0D4CEB5D-76B6-4F7C-A206-F84DF6465D66.
- Thys van den Audenaerde, Dirk F.E.. 1969. "Description of Tilapia louka sp. nov. from Sierra Leone and some remarks on Tilapia rheophila Daget 1962 (Pisces, Cichlidae).". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. pp. 82-96 (crc00989)
Conservation: Coptodon louka is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).