Original description:
- Daget , Jacques. 1988. "Mutanda Ichthyologica: Thysochromis nom. nov. en replacement de Thysia (Pisces, Cichlidae)". Cybium. 12:1:97 (crc01011)
Type species: Pelmatochromis ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 (original designation).
Described species included (6):
valid: 2 synonym: 4- Pelmatochromis ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 (valid)
- Pelmatochromis arnoldi Boulenger, 1912 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis annectens Regan, 1913 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis maculifer Ahl , 1929 (synonym)
- Tilapia maculifer Ahl, 1939 (synonym)
- Thysochromis emili Walsh, Lamboj & Stiassny, 2019 (valid)