最初的描述:
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
标本品种: Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935 (original designation).
已包括的已描述鱼种 (18):
有效的: 15 同种异名: 3- Chromis aurata Boulenger, 1897 (有效的)
- Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935 (有效的)
- Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935 (有效的)
- Melanochromis simulans Eccles, 1973 (有效的)
- Melanochromis chipokae Johnson, 1975 (有效的)
- Melanochromis robustus Johnson, 1975 (有效的)
- Melanochromis loriae Johnson, 1975 (有效的)
- Melanochromis parallelus Burgess & Axelrod, 1976 (同种异名)
- Melanochromis mellitus Johnson, 1976 (同种异名)
- Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer, 1993 (有效的)
- Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 (有效的)
- Melanochromis dialeptos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 (有效的)
- Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 (有效的)
- Melanochromis xanthodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 (同种异名)
- Melanochromis kaskazini Konings, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 (有效的)
- Melanochromis mossambiquensis Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 (有效的)
- Melanochromis wochepa Konings, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 (有效的)
- Melanochromis mpoto Konings & Stauffer, 2012 (有效的)
可能未被描述的鱼种 (2):
- sp. 'robustus mbenji' (未描述的)
- sp. 'parallelus mbweca' (未描述的)