Erstbeschreibung: Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1979. „Towards a phyletic classification of the ‚genus‘ Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) and related taxa. Part 1“. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. v. 35(n. 4): pp. 265-322
Typusart: Paratilapia wingatii BOULENGER, 1902
Beschriebene Arten:
Thoracochromis albolabris TREWAVAS & THYS VAN DEN AUDENAERDE, 1969
Thoracochromis bakongo THYS VAN DEN AUDENAERDE, 1964
Thoracochromis brauschi POLL & THYS VAN DEN AUDENAERDE, 1965
Thoracochromis buysi PENRITH, 1970
Thoracochromis callichromus POLL, 1948
Thoracochromis demeusii BOULENGER, 1899
Thoracochromis fasciatus PERUGIA, 1892
Thoracochromis lucullae BOULENGER, 1913
Thoracochromis moeruensis BOULENGER, 1899
Thoracochromis schwetzi POLL, 1967
Thoracochromis stigmatogenys BOULENGER, 1913
Thoracochromis wingatii BOULENGER, 1902