Gattungsbeschreibung: Regan, Charles Tate. 1920. „The Classification of the Fishes of the Family Cichlidae.-I. The Tanganyika Genera“. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 9]5:25:33-53
Typusart: Chromis buettikoferi HUBRECHT, 1881
Beschriebene Arten:
Heterotilapia buettikoferi (HUBRECHT, 1881)
Heterotilapia cessiana THYS VAN DEN AUDENAERDE, 1968