Original description:
- Kanazawa, Robert H. 1951. "Description of a new genus of cichlid fish, Gobiocichla, from the French Sudan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser12)4:40:378-381 (crc01220)
Type species: Gobiocichla wonderi Kanazawa, 1951 (original designation).
Synonyms:
- Labrochromis Daget, 1952. Determiner: Lévèque, Christian, 1992
Described species included (3):
valid: 2 synonym: 1- Gobiocichla wonderi Kanazawa, 1951 (valid)
- Labrochromis polli Daget, 1952 (synonym)
- Gobiocichla ethelwynnae Roberts, 1982 (valid)