Considered a synonym of Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840
- Stiassny, Melanie. 1991. "Tylochromis". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). 482-508 (crc00993)
Original description as Tilapia deschauenseei:
ZooBank:56B60CB8-68EE-425B-BD47-3A8D10C264E5.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1931. "The fishes obtained by the De Schauensee South African Expedition, 1930". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 83:233-249 (crc00997)