Original description as Chromis rendalli:
ZooBank:3260A40C-436F-4941-A72C-72263F00E270.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1896. "Descriptions of new fishes from the Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa, collected by Dr. Percy Rendall, and presented to the British Museum by Sir Harry H. Johnston, K. C. B.". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pp. 915-920 (crc00714)
Synonyms (2):
- Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900, with type locality at Vicinity of Grands Lacs, Central Africa. Determiner: Stiassny, 1991
- Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917, with type locality at Kafue River, Rhodesia, South Africa. Determiner: Teugels et al., 1991
- Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917, with type locality at Lake Ngami, South Africa. Determiner: Stiassny, 1991
- Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917, with type locality at Sawmills, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Determiner: Stiassny, 1991
- Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917, with type locality at Thabina River, Transvaal, South Africa. Determiner: Stiassny, 1991
- Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917, with type locality at Zambezi River, 3 miles above Victoria Falls. Determiner: Stiassny, 1991
- Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964, with type locality at Lake Gefu, Congo. Determiner: Stiassny, 1991
Conservation: Coptodon rendalli is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).