Original description:
- Eccles, David H. & Ethelwynn Trewavas. 1989. "Malawian cichlid fishes. The Classification of some Haplochromine genera". Lake Fish Movies, Herten, West Germany. 1-334 (crc00063)
Type species: Chromis kirkii Günther, 1894 (original designation).
Synonyms:
- Eclectochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989. Determiner: Konings, Ad, 1995
Described species included (20):
valid: 14 sub-species: 2 synonym: 4- Chromis kirkii Günther, 1894 (valid)
- Tilapia pleurotaenia Boulenger, 1901 (valid)
- Cyrtocara annectens Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis ornatus Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis similis Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis microstoma Regan, 1922 (synonym)
- Haplochromis fenestratus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis labridens Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis marginatus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis spilonotus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis taeniolatus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis triaenodon Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis virgatus Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis marginatus vuae Trewavas, 1935 (sub-species)
- Haplochromis insignis Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
- Haplochromis festivus Trewavas, 1935 (synonym)
- Haplochromis lobochilus Trewavas, 1935 (synonym)
- Haplochromis cancellus Greenwood, 1963 (synonym)
- Protomelas macrodon Eccles, 1989 (valid)
- Protomelas dejunctus Stauffer, 1993 (sub-species)
Potentially undescribed species (11):
- sp. 'steveni taiwan' (undescribed)
- sp. 'hertae' (undescribed)
- sp. 'johnstoni solo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mbenji thick-lip' (undescribed)
- sp. 'oxyrhynchus mix' (undescribed)
- sp. 'spilonotus likoma' (undescribed)
- sp. 'spilonotus mozambique' (undescribed)
- sp. 'spilonotus tanzania' (undescribed)
- sp. 'steveni black belly' (undescribed)
- sp. 'steveni imperial' (undescribed)
- sp. 'virgatus luwala' (undescribed)