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: Tilapia auromarginata Boulenger, 1908 (original designation).
Described species included (21):
valid: 20 synonym: 1- Chromis tetrastigma Günther, 1894 (valid)
- Tilapia auromarginata Boulenger, 1908 (valid)
- Haplochromis argyrosoma Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Otopharynx selenurus Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis decorus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis heterodon Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis ovatus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis speciosus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis tetraspilus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Otopharynx brooksi Oliver, 1989 (valid)
- Otopharynx lithobates Oliver, 1989 (valid)
- Otopharynx walteri Konings, 1990 (synonym)
- Otopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001 (valid)
- Otopharynx spelaeotes Cleaver, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 (valid)
- Otopharynx antron Cleaver, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 (valid)
- Otopharynx styrax Oliver, 2018 (valid)
- Otopharynx mumboensis Oliver, 2018 (valid)
- Otopharynx alpha Oliver, 2018 (valid)
- Otopharynx peridodeka Oliver, 2018 (valid)
- Otopharynx aletes Oliver, 2018 (valid)
- Otopharynx panniculus Oliver, 2018 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (29):
- sp. 'heterodon nankumba' (undescribed)
- sp. 'auromarginatus goldhead' (undescribed)
- sp. 'auromarginatus jakuta' (undescribed)
- sp. 'auromarginatus mara' (undescribed)
- sp. 'auromarginatus margrette' (undescribed)
- sp. 'decorus jumbo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'golden blueface' (undescribed)
- sp. 'heterodon boadzulu' (undescribed)
- sp. 'heterodon likoma' (undescribed)
- sp. 'heterodon longnose' (undescribed)
- sp. 'ovatus likoma' (undescribed)
- sp. 'silver torpedo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'spots' (undescribed)
- sp. 'argyrosoma deep' (undescribed)
- sp. 'Ilamba tetrastigma' (undescribed)
- sp. 'blue flat-jaw' (undescribed)
- sp. 'brooksi nkhata' (undescribed)
- sp. 'circle' (undescribed)
- sp. 'decorus featherfin' (undescribed)
- sp. 'elongate-spot tanzania' (undescribed)
- sp. 'flat jaw' (undescribed)
- sp. 'golf-head blue' (undescribed)
- sp. 'heterodon ikombe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'heterodon low-spot' (undescribed)
- sp. 'high fin' (undescribed)
- sp. 'high-fin low-GR' (undescribed)
- sp. 'red flat-jaw' (undescribed)
- sp. 'round head' (undescribed)
- sp. 'tetraspilus molariform' (undescribed)