最初的描述:
- Steindachner, Franz. 1894. "Die Fische Liberia's". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 16:1-2:note 1:1-96 (crc01055)
标本品种: Paratilapia (Pelmatochromis) buettikoferi Steindachner, 1895 (subsequent designation).
已包括的已描述鱼种 (6):
有效的: 4 同种异名: 2- Paratilapia (Pelmatochromis) buettikoferi Steindachner, 1895 (有效的)
- Pelmatochromis ocellifer Boulenger, 1899 (有效的)
- Paratilapia nigrofasciata Pellegrin, 1900 (有效的)
- Paratilapia dorsalis Pellegrin, 1902 (同种异名)
- Paratilapia corbali Boulenger, 1913 (有效的)
- Paratilapia longipinnis Nichols & Griscom, 1917 (同种异名)