Original description as Tilapia urolepis:
ZooBank:66B6811C-C455-4D36-818B-EF6C34D0B0DC.
- Norman, J.R.. 1922. "Four new fishes from Tanganyika Territory". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Series 9)9(54):686-688 (crc01628)
Synonyms (1):
- Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1915, with type locality at Mukondokwa River, near Kilosa, Tanzania. Determiner: Trewavas, 1983
Sub-species:
Conservation: Oreochromis urolepis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.