Original description:
- Thys van den Audenaerde, Dirk F.E.. 1968. "Description of a new Pelmatochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) from Sierra Leone". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 77(3-4):349-391 (crc00037)
Type species: Pelmatochromis pulcher Boulenger, 1901 (original designation).
Described species included (10):
valid: 8 synonym: 2- Hemichromis subocellatus Günther, 1871 (valid)
- Pelmatochromis pulcher Boulenger, 1901 (valid)
- Pelmatochromis taeniatus Boulenger, 1901 (valid)
- Pelmatochromis kribensis Boulenger, 1911 (valid)
- Pelmatochromis kribensis calliptera Pellegrin, 1929 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis klugei Meinken, 1960 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis roloffi Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968 (valid)
- Pelvicachromis sacrimontis Paulo, 1977 (valid)
- Pelvicachromis silviae Lamboj, 2013 (valid)
- Pelvicachromis drachenfelsi Lamboj, Bartel & dell'Ampio, 2014 (valid)