Original description as Chromis (Tilapia) mossambicus:
ZooBank:436C723F-E8F6-4A9E-A2F7-6E2CD65DD0E2.
- Peters, W. 1852. "Neue Säugethiere und Flußfische aus Mossambique". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preufs. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 275-276:681-685 (crc00709)
Synonyms (1):
- Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864, with type locality at West Africa. Determiner: Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
- Chromis vorax Pfeffer, 1893, with type locality at Mozambique. Determiner: Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
- Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897, with type locality at Illovo River, Natal, South Africa. Determiner: Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
- Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917, with type locality at Speke Gulf, Makobe Island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1-2 m. Determiner: Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Conservation: Oreochromis mossambicus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (NT) near threatened (2007).