Typový druh
Tilapia simotes Boulenger, 1911.
Původní popis
Regan, C. T. 1920. The classification of the fishes of the family Cichlidae. — I. The Tanganyika genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25): 33-53.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.