Original description:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1920. "The Classification of the Fishes of the Family Cichlidae.-I. The Tanganyika Genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 9]5:25:33-53 (crc00028)
Type species: Paratilapia frontosa Boulenger, 1906 (original designation).
Described species included (2):
valid: 2- Paratilapia frontosa Boulenger, 1906 (valid)
- Cyphotilapia gibberosa Takahashi & Nakaya, 2003 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (1):
- sp. '6-bars frontosa' (undescribed)