Gattungsbeschreibung: Regan, Charles Tate. 1920. „The Classification of the Fishes of the Family Cichlidae.-I. The Tanganyika Genera“. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 9) v. 5; n. 25; pp. 33-53
Typusart: Paratilapia stenosoma BOULENGER, 1901
Beschriebene Arten:
Hemibates stenosoma (BOULENGER, 1901)
Hemibates koningsi SCHEDEL & SCHLIEWEN, 2017