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 dardennii Boulenger, 1899 (original designation).
Described species included (2):
valid: 1 synonym: 1- Tilapia dardennii Boulenger, 1899 (valid)
- Pelmatochromis loveridgei Borodin, 1931 (synonym)