Original description as Chromys andersonii:
ZooBank:DDB14C42-B65D-4279-93D8-E2C36D6CF46C.
- de Laporte de Castelnau, Francis. 1861. "Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe". J.- B. Baillière et Fils, Paris. i-vii + 1-78 (crc00710)
Synonyms (1):
- Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912, with type locality at Kafue River, Zambia [northwestern Rhodesia]. Determiner: Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Conservation: Oreochromis andersonii is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2007).