最初的描述(命名) :
- Dunz, Andreas R. & Uldich K. Schliewen. 2013. "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification ofthe haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as "Tilapia"". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68(2013):64-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015 (crc05007) (摘要)
模式物種: Tilapia joka Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 (original designation).