Gattungsbeschreibung: Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. „The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa“. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921 (pt 4) n. 36; pp. 675-727
Typusart: Hemichromis afra GÜNTHER, 1894
Beschriebene Arten
Cynotilapia afra (GÜNTHER, 1894)
Cynotilapia aurifrons (TAWIL, 2011)
Cynotilapia axelrodi BURGESS, 1976
Cynotilapia chilundu LI, KONINGS & STAUFFER, 2016
Cynotilapia zebroides (JOHNSON, 1975)
unbeschriebene Arten
sp. ‚elongatus mdoka‘
sp. ‚hara‘
sp. ‚maleri‘
sp. ‚chinyankwazip. ‚blue black‘
sp. ‚elongatus chitimba‘
sp. ‚elongatus mbenji blue‘
sp. ‚flavus deep‘
sp. ‚lion chinyankwazi‘
sp. ‚lion ntekete‘
sp. ‚lion‘
sp. ‚chilumba deep‘
sp. ’ndumbi‘
sp. ‚elongatus ndumbi‘