Original description:
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1979. "Towards a phyletic classification of the 'genus' Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) and related taxa. Part 1". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 35(4):265-322 (crc00246)
Type species: Pelmatochromis darlingi Boulenger, 1911 (original designation).
Described species included (5):
valid: 1 synonym: 4- Chromis acuticeps Steindachner, 1866 (valid)
- Chromis jallae Boulenger, 1896 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis darlingi Boulenger, 1911 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis multiocellatus Boulenger, 1913 (synonym)
- Tilapia rumsayi Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)