Original description:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1908. "Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser8)238-243 (crc00068)
Type species: Chilotilapia rhoadesii Boulenger, 1908 (monotypy).
Synonyms:
- Cheilochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989. Determiner: Konings, Ad, 1990