Original description:
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1987. "The genera of pelmatochromine fishes (Teleostei, Cichlidae). A phylogenetic review". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 53(3):139-203 (crc00335)
Type species: Nanochromis robertsi Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971 (original designation).