Original description as Oreochromis ismailiaensis:
ZooBank:36AF73A9-1933-4498-9489-D8E6F63744E4.
- Mekkawy, Imam Abdel-Ghany Ahmed. 1995. "Description of Oreochromis ismailiaensis sp. n., and its hybrid with Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes; Cichlidae) from Egypt". Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt. 24(2-E):1-27 (crc04112)
Conservation: Oreochromis ismailiaensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).