Descripción original:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1920. "The Classification of the Fishes of the Family Cichlidae.-I. The Tanganyika Genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 9]5:25:33-53 (crc00028)
Especie tipo: Paratilapia stenosoma Boulenger, 1901 (designación posterior).