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: Tilapia dardennii BOULENGER, 1899
Beschriebene Arten:
Limnotilapia dardennii BOULENGER, 1899