Erstbeschreibung: Eccles, David H. & E. Trewavas. 1989. „Malawian cichlid fishes. The Classification of some Haplochromine genera“. Lake Fish Movies, Herten, West Germany. pp 1-334
Typusart: Chromis kirkii GÜNTHER, 1894
Erstbeschreibung: Eccles, David H. & E. Trewavas. 1989. „Malawian cichlid fishes. The Classification of some Haplochromine genera“. Lake Fish Movies, Herten, West Germany. pp 1-334
Typusart: Chromis kirkii GÜNTHER, 1894
Beschriebene Arten:
Protomelas annectens REGAN, 1922
Protomelas dejunctus STAUFFER, 1993
Protomelas fenestratus TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas insignis TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas kirkii GÜNTHER, 1894
Protomelas krampus DIERICKX & SNOEKS, 2020
Protomelas labridens TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas macrodon ECCLES, 1989
Protomelas marginatus TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas pleurotaenia BOULENGER, 1901
Protomelas similis REGAN, 1922
Protomelas spilonotus TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas spilopterus TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas taeniolatus TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas triaenodon TREWAVAS, 1935
Protomelas virgatus TREWAVAS, 1935
Unbeschriebene Arten:
sp. ’steveni taiwan‘
sp. ‚hertae‘
sp. ‚johnstoni solo‘
sp. ‚mbenji thick-lip‘
sp. ‚oxyrhynchus mix‘
sp. ’spilonotus likoma‘
sp. ’spilonotus mozambique‘
sp. ’spilonotus tanzania‘
sp. ’steveni black belly‘
sp. ’steveni imperial‘
sp. ‚virgatus luwala‘