Erstbeschreibung: Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. „A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa“. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10; pp. 65-118
Typusart: Melanochromis melanopterus TREWAVAS, 1935
Beschriebene Arten:
Melanochromis auratus BOULENGER, 1897
Melanochromis baliodigma BOWERS & STAUFFER, 1997
Melanochromis chipokae JOHNSON, 1975
Melanochromis dialeptos BOWERS & STAUFFER, 1997
Melanochromis heterochromis BOWERS & STAUFFER, 1993
Melanochromis kaskazini KONINGS-DUDIN, KONINGS & STAUFFER, 2009
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes BOWERS & STAUFFER, 1997
Melanochromis loriae JOHNSON, 1975
Melanochromis melanopterus TREWAVAS, 1935
Melanochromis mossambiquensis KONINGS-DUDIN, KONINGS & STAUFFER, 2009
Melanochromis mpoto KONINGS & STAUFFER, 2012
Melanochromis robustus JOHNSON, 1985
Melanochromis simulans ECCLES, 1973
Melanochromis vermivorus TREWAVAS, 1935
Melanochromis wochepa KONINGS-DUDIN, KONINGS & STAUFFER, 2009
Unbeschriebene Arten:
sp. ‚robustus mbenji‘
sp. ‚parallelus mbweca‘