Original description:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1898. "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3:494-497 (crc00006)
Type species: Bathybates ferox Boulenger, 1898 (original designation).
Described species included (7):
valid: 7- Bathybates ferox Boulenger, 1898 (valid)
- Bathybates fasciatus Boulenger, 1901 (valid)
- Bathybates minor Boulenger, 1906 (valid)
- Bathybates graueri Steindachner, 1911 (valid)
- Bathybates hornii Steindachner, 1911 (valid)
- Bathybates vittatus Boulenger, 1914 (valid)
- Bathybates leo Poll, 1956 (valid)