Erstbeschreibung: Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. „Second contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika – On the fishes obtained by the Congo Free State Expedition under Lieut. Lemaire in 1898“. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 15(4): 87–96
Typusart: Xenotilapia sima BOULENGER, 1899
Beschriebene Arten:
Xenotilapia albini STEINDACHNER, 1909
Xenotilapia bathyphila POLL, 1956
Xenotilapia boulengeri POLL, 1942
Xenotilapia burtoni POLL, 1951
Xenotilapia caudafasciata POLL, 1951
Xenotilapia flavipinnis POLL, 1985
Xenotilapia leptura BOULENGER, 1901
Xenotilapia longispinis POLL, 1951
Xenotilapia melanogenys BOULENGER, 1898
Xenotilapia nasus DE VOS, RISCH & THYS VAN DEN AUDENAERDE, 1995
Xenotilapia nigrolabiata POLL, 1951
Xenotilapia ochrogenys BOULENGER, 1914
Xenotilapia ornatipinnis BOULENGER, 1901
Xenotilapia papilio BÜSCHER, 1990
Xenotilapia rotundiventralis TAKAHASHI, YANAGISAWA & NAKAYA, 1997
Xenotilapia sima BOULENGER, 1899
Xenotilapia spiloptera POLL & STEWART, 1975
Xenotilapia tenuidentata POLL, 1951
Unbeschriebene Arten:
sp. ‚bathyphilus yellow‘
sp. ‚papilio sunflower‘