Original description as Tilapia pangani:
ZooBank:74AEBFDC-38F0-4909-B53B-C584CBAB5CEF.
- Lowe, Rosemary H.. 1955. "New species of Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae) from Lake Jipe and the Pangani River, East Africa". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 2(12):349-368 (crc01627)
Sub-species:
Conservation: Oreochromis pangani is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.