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: Haplochromis urotaenia REGAN, 1922
Beschriebene Arten:
Hemitaeniochromis urotaenia REGAN, 1922
Hemitaeniochromis spilopterus TREWAVAS, 1935
Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus OLIVER, 2012
Hemitaeniochromis krampus DIERICKX & SNOEKS, 2020