Typový druh
Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1902.
Původní popis
Boulenger, G. A. 1902. Diagnoses of new cichlid fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Nyassa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 10 (no. 55) (art. 11): 69-71.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.