Original description:
- Thys van den Audenaerde, Dirk F.E.. 1968. "An annotated bibliography of Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae)". Documentation zoologique No. 14, Musée royal d'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. I-XI:1-406 (crc00198)
Type species: Tilapia franchettii Vinciguerra, 1931 (original designation).
Described species included (2):
valid: 2- Tilapia franchettii Vinciguerra, 1931 (valid)
- Danakilia dinicolai Stiassny, de Marchi & Lamboj, 2010 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (1):
- sp. 'shukoray' (undescribed)