最初的描述:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1898. "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3:494-497 (crc00006)
标本品种: Telmatochromis temporalis Boulenger, 1898.
已包括的已描述鱼种 (10):
有效的: 7 同种异名: 3- Telmatochromis temporalis Boulenger, 1898 (有效的)
- Telmatochromis vittatus Boulenger, 1898 (有效的)
- Lamprologus dhonti Boulenger, 1919 (有效的)
- Julidochromis macrolepis Borodin , 1931 (同种异名)
- Telmatochromis bifrenatus Myers, 1936 (有效的)
- Telmatochromis burgeoni Poll, 1942 (有效的)
- Telmatochromis caninus Poll, 1942 (同种异名)
- Telmatochromis lestradei Poll, 1942 (同种异名)
- Telmatochromis brichardi Louisy, 1989 (有效的)
- Telmatochromis brachygnathus Hanssens & Snoeks, 2003 (有效的)
可能未被描述的鱼种 (4):
- sp. 'dhonti yellow' (未描述的)
- sp. 'schachbrett' (未描述的)
- sp. 'dhonti orange' (未描述的)
- sp. 'dhonti lufubu' (未描述的)