Original description:
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
Type species: Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935 (monotypy).
Described species included (20):
valid: 19 synonym: 1- Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Labidochromis caeruleus Fryer, 1956 (valid)
- Labidochromis freibergi Johnson, 1974 (valid)
- Labidochromis joanjohnsonae Johnson, 1974 (valid)
- Labidochromis textilis Oliver, 1975 (valid)
- Labidochromis mathotho Burguess & Axelrod, 1976 (valid)
- Melanochromis exasperatus Burgess, 1976 (synonym)
- Labidochromis chisumulae Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis flavigulis Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis gigas Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis heterodon Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis ianthinus Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis lividus Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis maculicauda Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis mbenjii Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis mylodon Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis pallidus Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis shiranus Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis strigatus Lewis, 1982 (valid)
- Labidochromis zebroides Lewis, 1982 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (23):
- sp. 'hongi' (undescribed)
- sp. 'perlmutt' (undescribed)
- sp. 'blue bar' (undescribed)
- sp. 'caeruleus brown' (undescribed)
- sp. 'caeruleus chilucha' (undescribed)
- sp. 'caeruleus jalo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'chisumulae mbweca' (undescribed)
- sp. 'gigas chidunga' (undescribed)
- sp. 'gigas chilumba' (undescribed)
- sp. 'gigas cobwe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'gigas lupingu' (undescribed)
- sp. 'gigas mara' (undescribed)
- sp. 'gigas pombo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'hora' (undescribed)
- sp. 'likomae' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lividus mozambique' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lividus nkhungu' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lundu blue' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mara' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mbamba' (undescribed)
- sp. 'textilis blue' (undescribed)
- sp. 'textilis cobalt' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra eastern' (undescribed)