Gattungsbeschreibung: Seehausen, Ole & E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes. 1998. „Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species“. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 9 (n. 2), pp. 129-228
Typusart: Lithochromis rubripinnis SEEHAUSEN , LIPPITSCH& BOUTON, 1998
Beschriebene Arten:
Lithochromis rubripinnis SEEHAUSEN , Lippitsch & BOUTON, 1998
Lithochromis xanthopteryx SEEHAUSEN & BOUTON, 1998
Lithochromis rufus SEEHAUSEN & LIPPITSCH, 1998