最初的描述(命名) :
- Eccles, David H. & Ethelwynn Trewavas. 1989. "Malawian cichlid fishes. The Classification of some Haplochromine genera". Lake Fish Movies, Herten, West Germany. 1-334 (crc00063)
模式物種: Chromis kirkii Günther, 1894 (original designation).
同種異名:
- Eclectochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989. 鑑定者: Konings, Ad, 1995
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (20):
有效: 14 亞種: 2 同義字: 4- Chromis kirkii Günther, 1894 (有效)
- Tilapia pleurotaenia Boulenger, 1901 (有效)
- Cyrtocara annectens Regan, 1922 (有效)
- Haplochromis ornatus Regan, 1922 (有效)
- Haplochromis similis Regan, 1922 (有效)
- Haplochromis microstoma Regan, 1922 (同義字)
- Haplochromis fenestratus Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis labridens Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis marginatus Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis spilonotus Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis taeniolatus Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis triaenodon Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis virgatus Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis marginatus vuae Trewavas, 1935 (亞種)
- Haplochromis insignis Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
- Haplochromis festivus Trewavas, 1935 (同義字)
- Haplochromis lobochilus Trewavas, 1935 (同義字)
- Haplochromis cancellus Greenwood, 1963 (同義字)
- Protomelas macrodon Eccles, 1989 (有效)
- Protomelas dejunctus Stauffer, 1993 (亞種)
潛在的未定種 (11):
- sp. 'steveni taiwan' (未描述)
- sp. 'hertae' (未描述)
- sp. 'johnstoni solo' (未描述)
- sp. 'mbenji thick-lip' (未描述)
- sp. 'oxyrhynchus mix' (未描述)
- sp. 'spilonotus likoma' (未描述)
- sp. 'spilonotus mozambique' (未描述)
- sp. 'spilonotus tanzania' (未描述)
- sp. 'steveni black belly' (未描述)
- sp. 'steveni imperial' (未描述)
- sp. 'virgatus luwala' (未描述)