Gattungsbeschreibung: Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. „A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa“. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10; pp. 65-118
Typusart: Diplotaxodon argenteus TREWAVAS, 1935
Beschriebene Arten:
Diplotaxodon aeneus TURNER & STAUFFER, 1998
Diplotaxodon altus TURNER & STAUFFER, 1998
Diplotaxodon apogon STAUFFER, PHIRI & KONINGS, 1998
Diplotaxodon argenteus TREWAVAS, 1935
Diplotaxodon apogon STAUFFER & KONINGS, 2021
Diplotaxodon ecclesi BURGESS & AXELROD, 1973
Diplotaxodon greenwoodi STAUFFER & MCKAYE, 1986
Diplotaxodon limnothrissa TURNER, 1994
Diplotaxodon longimaxilla STAUFFER, PHIRI & KONINGS, 1998
Diplotaxodon macrops TURNER & STAUFFER, 1998
Unbeschriebene Arten:
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚black argenteus‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚brevimaxillaris‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚holochromis‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚large black‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚limnothrissa black-dorsal‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚limnothrissa black-pelvic‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚limnothrissa msaka‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚macrops black dorsal‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚macrops ngulube‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚macrops north‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ‚offshore‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ’similis white-back north‘
Diplotaxodon sp. ’similis white-back south‘