Original description as Tilapia mossambica korogwe:
ZooBank:C9F6A5C3-1779-4EA2-BD18-F0F4F5D1FA9B.
- 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)
Conservation: Oreochromis korogwe is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).