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: Chromis lateristriga Günther, 1864 (original designation).
Synonyms:
- Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989. Determiner: Derijst, E., 1992
- Platygnathochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989.
Described species included (22):
valid: 21 synonym: 1- Chromis lateristriga Günther, 1864 (valid)
- Chromis subocularis Günther, 1894 (valid)
- Haplochromis ericotaenia Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis melanonotus Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis guentheri Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis melanotaenia Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis plagiotaenia Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis sphaerodon Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis balteatus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis formosus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis epichorialis Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis gracilis Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis incola Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis mola Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis mollis Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis obtusus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis spilostichus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis semipalatus Trewavas, 1935 (synonym)
- Haplochromis labidodon Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis anaphyrmus Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (valid)
- Mylochromis chekopae Turner & Howarth, 2002 (valid)
- Mylochromis ensatus Turner & Howarth, 2002 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (17):
- sp. 'guentheri mbenjii' (undescribed)
- sp. 'balteatus mozambique' (undescribed)
- sp. 'chrysogaster line' (undescribed)
- sp. 'incola mumbo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'kande' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lateristriga makanjila' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lateristriga nkhata' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mollis chitande' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mollis gallireya' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mollis likoma' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mollis north' (undescribed)
- sp. 'liemi small-mouth' (undescribed)
- sp. 'deep' (undescribed)
- sp. 'ikombe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'melanonotus deep' (undescribed)
- sp. 'sphaerodon nkhomo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'torpedo elongate' (undescribed)