Typový druh
Tilapia rostrata Boulenger, 1899.
Původní popis
Eccles, D. H. & Trewavas, E. 1989. Malaŵian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H. W. Dieckhoff, Herten, Germany. 1-334.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.