Original description:
- Gervais, François Louis Paul. 1853. "Remarques sur les poissons fluviatiles de l'Algérie, et description de deux genres nouveaux sous les noms de Coptodon et Tellia". Annales de sciences naturelles; Partie Zoologique. (Sér3)19(4):5-17 (crc01885)
Type species: Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848 (monotypy).
Synonyms:
- Haligenes Günther, 1870. Determiner: Günther, Albert C. L. G, 1862
Described species included (48):
valid: 30 synonym: 18- Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848 (valid)
- Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860 (synonym)
- Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861 (synonym)
- Tilapia melanopleura Duméril , 1861 (synonym)
- Tilapia polycentra Duméril , 1861 (synonym)
- Chromis guineensis Bleeker, 1862 (valid)
- Chromis latus Günther , 1862 (synonym)
- Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)
- Chromis andreae Günther, 1864 (synonym)
- Chromis tholloni Sauvage, 1884 (valid)
- Chromis menzalensis Mitchell , 1895 (synonym)
- Chromis ogowensis Günther , 1896 (synonym)
- Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897 (valid)
- Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900 (synonym)
- Tilapia lata var. camerunensis Lönnberg, 1903 (valid)
- Chromis discolor Günther, 1903 (valid)
- Tilapia kottae Lönnberg, 1903 (valid)
- Tilapia margaritacea Boulenger, 1916 (valid)
- Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia cameronensis Holly, 1927 (valid)
- Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly , 1928 (synonym)
- Tilapia shariensis Fowler , 1949 (synonym)
- Tilapia tholloni congica Poll & Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1960 (valid)
- Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962 (valid)
- Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964 (synonym)
- Tilapia deckerti Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1967 (valid)
- Tilapia walteri Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1968 (valid)
- Tilapia louka Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1969 (valid)
- Tilapia dageti Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1971 (valid)
- Tilapia (Coptodon) nyongana Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1971 (valid)
- Tilapia bemini Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1972 (valid)
- Tilapia bakossiorum Stiassny, Schlewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia bythobates Stiassny, Schlewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia flava Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia gutturosa Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia imbriferna Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia snyderae Stiassny, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia spongotroktis Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia thysi Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995 (valid)
- Tilapia ejagham Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia nigrans Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia fusiforme Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia konkourensis Dunz & Schliewen, 2012 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (1):
- sp. 'mamfé' (undescribed)