最初的描述(命名) :
- Eccles, David H. & Ethelwynn Trewavas. 1989. "Malawian cichlid fishes. The Classification of some Haplochromine genera". Lake Fish Movies, Herten, West Germany. 1-334 (crc00063)
模式物種: Tilapia brevis Boulenger, 1908 (original designation).
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (5):
有效: 5- Tilapia brevis Boulenger, 1908 (有效)
- Lethrinops lituris Trewavas, 1931 (有效)
- Lethrinops trilineata Trewavas, 1931 (有效)
- Lethrinops variabilis Trewavas, 1931 (有效)
- Lethrinops intermedia Trewavas, 1935 (有效)
潛在的未定種 (12):
- sp. 'brevis magunga' (未描述)
- sp. 'chembe circle' (未描述)
- sp. 'chembe shallow' (未描述)
- sp. 'east-coast shallow' (未描述)
- sp. 'false lituris' (未描述)
- sp. 'kande' (未描述)
- sp. 'lituris yellow' (未描述)
- sp. 'maculae' (未描述)
- sp. 'mvunguti' (未描述)
- sp. 'red gular' (未描述)
- sp. 'variabilis likoma' (未描述)
- sp. 'brevis two' (未描述)