Original description:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1902. "Diagnoses of new cichlid fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Nyassa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]69-71 (crc00067)
Type species: Cyrtocara moorii Boulenger, 1902 (monotypy).
Described species included (1):
valid: 1- Cyrtocara moorii Boulenger, 1902 (valid)