Gattungsbeschreibung: Boulenger, George Albert. 1902. „Diagnoses of new cichlid fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Nyassa“. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 7) 69-71
Typusart: Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1902
Beschriebene Arten:
Hemitilapia oxyrhyncha BOULENGER, 1902