Original description:
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1942. "The cichlid fishes of Syria and Palestine". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 11:9:55:526-536 (crc01246)
Type species: Hemichromis sacra Günther, 1864 (name replacement).
Described species included (5):
valid: 2 sub-species: 2 synonym: 1- Hemichromis sacra Günther, 1864 (valid)
- Chromis simonis Günther, 1864 (valid)
- Chromis paterfamilias Lortet, 1876 (synonym)
- Chromis magdalenae Lortet, 1883 (sub-species)
- Tristramella simonis intermedia Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia, 1960 (sub-species)