Considered a synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf, 1888
- van Oijen, Martien J.P. 1991. "A systematic revision of the piscivorous haplochromine Cichlidae (Pisces: Teleostei) of Lake Victoria (East Africa) Part 1". Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden). 272:1-95 (crc01033) (abstract)
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: Pelmatochromis obesus Boulenger, 1906 (original designation).