Original description as Tilapia macrops:
ZooBank:8575C17F-EB43-403F-9026-8606EF0D236B.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1911. "On a third collection of fishes made by Dr. E. Bayon in Uganda, 1909-1910. (Collezioni zoologiche fatte nell'Uganda dal Dott. E. Bayon. XII.)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. 45 Ser3 5:64-78 (crc00317)
Conservation: Astatotilapia macrops is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).