Erstbeschreibung:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Classification of the Fishes of the Family Cichlidae.--II. On African and Syrian Genera Not Restricted to the Great Lakes". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9(10), 252 (crc00107)
Typusart: Paratilapia multidens Pellegrin, 1900 (original designation).
Beschriebene Art eingefügt (5):
valide: 1 Synonym: 4- Paratilapia multidens Pellegrin, 1900 (valide)
- Pelmatochromis polyodon Boulenger , 1902 (Synonym)
- Pelmatochromis taeniatus Boulenger, 1902 (Synonym)
- Paratilapia habereri Steindachner, 1912 (Synonym)
- Paratilapia xenodon Nichols & Griscom, 1917 (Synonym)