Original description:
- Bleeker, Pieter. 1868. "Description de trois espèces inédites de Chromidoïdes de Madagascar". Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afdeeling Natuurkunde. 2:307-309 (crc00015)
Type species: Paratilapia polleni Bleeker, 1868 (monotypy).
Synonyms:
- Paracara Bleeker, 1878. Determiner: Boulenger, George Albert, 1915
Described species included (3):
valid: 1 synonym: 2- Paratilapia polleni Bleeker, 1868 (valid)
- Paracara typus Bleeker, 1878 (synonym)
- Paratilapia bleekeri Sauvage, 1891 (synonym)
Potentially undescribed species (2):
- sp. 'smallspots east' (undescribed)
- sp. 'largespots nosy be' (undescribed)