| synonym | Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864 |
| synonym | Chromis mossambicus Peters, 1852 |
| synonym | Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897 |
| synonym | Chromis niloticus (non Linnaeus, 1758) |
| synonym | Chromis niloticus var. mossambicus Peters, 1852 |
| synonym | Chromis vorax Pfeffer, 1893 |
| synonym | Cromis mossambicus Peters, 1852 |
| synonym | Orechromis mossambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Oreochromis mossambicus bassamkhalafi Khalaf, 2009 |
| synonym | Oreochromis mozambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Sarotherodon mossambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Sarotherodon mossambicum (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Sarotherodon mossambicus natalensis (Weber, 1897) |
| synonym | Sarothredon mossambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Telapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 |
| synonym | Tilapia dumerili (Steindachner, 1864) |
| synonym | Tilapia dumerilii (Steindachner, 1864) |
| synonym | Tilapia kafuensis (non Boulenger, 1912) |
| synonym | Tilapia mosambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Tilapia mossambica mossambica (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Tilapia mossambicus (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Tilapia mozambique (Peters, 1852) |
| synonym | Tilapia natalensis (Weber, 1897) |
| synonym | Tilapia vorax (Pfeffer, 1893) |
| synonym | Tilapia zillii (non Gervais, 1848) |
