Original description:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1915. "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)". Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. III:i-xii + 1-526 (crc00038)
Type species: Paratilapia caerulea Boulenger, 1908 (subsequent designation).
Described species included (5):
valid: 2 synonym: 3- Paratilapia caerulea Boulenger, 1908 (valid)
- Haplochromis spilorhynchus Regan, 1922 (valid)
- Haplochromis longipes Regan, 1922 (synonym)
- Haplochromis bellicosus Ahl, 1927 (synonym)
- Haplochromis boultoni Nichols & La Monte, 1931 (synonym)