Original description as Hemichromis schwebischi:
ZooBank:CB5A03E1-32E9-4DFE-A116-36F77D1AA34F.
- Sauvage, Henri Émile. 1884. "Note sur des poissons de Franceville, Haute Ogooué". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9:193-198 (crc00711)
Synonyms (1):
- Tilapia flavomarginata Boulenger, 1899, with type locality at Kalombo lagoon, Mayombé. Determiner: Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Conservation: Oreochromis schwebischi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).