Considered a synonym of Xenotilapia Boulenger, 1899
- Daget , Jacques & J.P Grosse, G.G. Teugels, D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde. 1991. "Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). IV, i-xii + 1-740 (crc00700)
Original description:
- Whitley, G.P. 1950. "New fish names". Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 1948-49:44 (crc11332)
Type species: Stappersia singularis Boulenger, 1914 (monotypy).