n = 90
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paratilapia afra | (Günther, 1894) | Cynotilapia afra | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia angusticeps | Boulenger, 1907 | Serranochromis angusticeps | Cichlidae | Thinface cichlid |
| Paratilapia arnoldi | Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 | Pharyngochromis darlingi | Cichlidae | Zambezi happy |
| Paratilapia arnoldia | Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 | Pharyngochromis darlingi | Cichlidae | Zambezi happy |
| Paratilapia aurita | Boulenger, 1901 | Limnochromis auritus | Cichlidae | Spangled cichlid |
| Paratilapia bayoni | Boulenger, 1909 | Haplochromis bayoni | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia bicolor | (Boulenger, 1906) | Haplochromis bicolor | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia bleekeri | Sauvage, 1891 | Paratilapia polleni | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia bloyeti | (Sauvage, 1883) | Astatotilapia bloyeti | Cichlidae | Bloyet's haplo |
| Paratilapia buettikoferi | Steindachner, 1894 | Pelmatochromis buettikoferi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia caerulea | Boulenger, 1908 | Champsochromis caeruleus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia calliura | Boulenger, 1901 | Reganochromis calliurus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia carlottae | Boulenger, 1905 | Sargochromis carlottae | Cichlidae | Rainbow happy |
| Paratilapia cavifrons | Hilgendorf, 1888 | Haplochromis cavifrons | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia cerasogaster | Boulenger, 1899 | Rubricatochromis cerasogaster | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia chilotes | Boulenger, 1911 | Haplochromis chilotes | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia chrysonota | Boulenger, 1908 | Copadichromis chrysonotus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia cinerea | Boulenger, 1906 | Haplochromis cinereus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia codringtoni | Boulenger, 1908 | Sargochromis codringtonii | Cichlidae | Green happy |
| Paratilapia codringtonii | Boulenger, 1908 | Sargochromis codringtonii | Cichlidae | Green happy |
| Paratilapia compressiceps | Boulenger, 1908 | Dimidiochromis compressiceps | Cichlidae | Malawi eyebiter |
| Paratilapia corbali | Boulenger, 1913 | Pelmatochromis buettikoferi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia crassilabris | (Boulenger, 1906) | Haplochromis crassilabris | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia demeusii | Boulenger, 1899 | Thoracochromis demeusii | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia deschauenseei | Fowler, 1931 | Sargochromis carlottae | Cichlidae | Rainbow happy |
| Paratilapia dewindti | Boulenger, 1899 | Aulonocranus dewindti | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia dimidiata | (Günther, 1864) | Dimidiochromis dimidiatus | Cichlidae | Ncheni type haplochromis |
| Paratilapia dorsalis | Pellegrin, 1902 | Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia ellenbergeri | Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 | Serranochromis macrocephalus | Cichlidae | Purpleface largemouth |
| Paratilapia esox | Boulenger, 1908 | Rhamphochromis esox | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia frederici | (Castelnau, 1861) | Sargochromis greenwoodi | Cichlidae | Greenwood's happy |
| Paratilapia frontosa | Boulenger, 1906 | Cyphotilapia frontosa | Cichlidae | Humphead cichlid |
| Paratilapia furcifer | Boulenger, 1898 | Cyathopharynx furcifer | Cichlidae | Featherfin cichlid |
| Paratilapia gestri | Boulenger, 1911 | Haplochromis obesus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia gibbiceps | Boulenger, 1911 | Sargochromis carlottae | Cichlidae | Rainbow happy |
| Paratilapia granti | (Boulenger, 1906) | Haplochromis granti | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia guiarti | (Pellegrin, 1904) | Haplochromis guiarti | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia habereri | Steindachner, 1912 | Heterochromis multidens | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia intermedia | (Günther, 1864) | Ctenopharynx intermedius | Cichlidae | Blackspot climbing perch |
| Paratilapia jentinki | Steindachner, 1894 | Tylochromis jentinki | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia kafuensis | Boulenger, 1908 | Serranochromis angusticeps | Cichlidae | Thinface cichlid |
| Paratilapia kilossana | Steindachner, 1914 | Astatotilapia bloyeti | Cichlidae | Bloyet's haplo |
| Paratilapia leptosoma | Boulenger, 1898 | Cyprichromis leptosoma | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia livingstonii | (Günther, 1894) | Nimbochromis livingstonii | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia longiceps | (Günther, 1864) | Rhamphochromis longiceps | Cichlidae | Tigerfish |
| Paratilapia longimanus | Boulenger, 1911 | Serranochromis longimanus | Cichlidae | Longfin largemouth |
| Paratilapia longipinnis | Nichols & Griscom, 1917 | Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia longirostris | Hilgendorf, 1888 | Haplochromis longirostris | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia luebberti | Hilgendorf, 1902 | Pseudocrenilabrus philander | Cichlidae | Southern mouthbrooder |
| Paratilapia lukugae | Boulenger, 1919 | Aulonocranus dewindti | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia macrocephala | Boulenger, 1899 | Serranochromis macrocephalus | Cichlidae | Purpleface largemouth |
| Paratilapia macrops | Boulenger, 1898 | Callochromis macrops | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia maculipinna | Pellegrin, 1913 | Haplochromis maculipinna | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia marginata | Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 | Sargochromis codringtonii | Cichlidae | Green happy |
| Paratilapia mariae | Holly, 1930 | Stomatepia mariae | Cichlidae | Nsess |
| Paratilapia mellandi | Boulenger, 1905 | Sargochromis mellandi | Cichlidae | Snaileater |
| Paratilapia microlepis | (Boulenger, 1899) | Boulengerochromis microlepis | Cichlidae | Giant cichlid |
| Paratilapia modesta | (Günther, 1894) | Stigmatochromis modestus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia moeruensis | Boulenger, 1899 | Thoracochromis moeruensis | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia multicolor | (Schöller, 1903) | Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor | Cichlidae | Egyptian mouth-brooder |
| Paratilapia multidens | Pellegrin, 1900 | Heterochromis multidens | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia nicholsi | Pellegrin, 1928 | Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia nigripinnis | Boulenger, 1901 | Paracyprichromis nigripinnis | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia nigrofasciata | Pellegrin, 1900 | Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia nototaenia | Boulenger, 1902 | Buccochromis nototaenia | Cichlidae | Stripeback hap |
| Paratilapia parvidens | Boulenger, 1911 | Haplochromis parvidens | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia pfefferi | Boulenger, 1898 | Gnathochromis pfefferi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia polleni | Bleeker, 1868 | Paratilapia polleni | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia polyodon | Boulenger, 1909 | Haplochromis retrodens | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia prognatha | Pellegrin, 1904 | Haplochromis prognathus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia prognathus | Pellegrin, 1904 | Haplochromis prognathus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia retrodens | Hilgendorf, 1888 | Haplochromis retrodens | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia rhoadesii | Boulenger, 1908 | Buccochromis rhoadesii | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia robusta | (Günther, 1864) | Serranochromis robustus | Cichlidae | Yellow-belly bream |
| Paratilapia sacra | (Günther, 1865) | Tristramella sacra | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia schwebischi | (Sauvage, 1884) | Oreochromis schwebischi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia serranus | (Pfeffer, 1896) | Haplochromis serranus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia stenosoma | Boulenger, 1901 | Hemibates stenosoma | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia thomasi | Boulenger, 1915 | Anomalochromis thomasi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia thumbergii | (Castelnau, 1861) | Serranochromis thumbergi | Cichlidae | Brownspot largemouth |
| Paratilapia toddi | Boulenger, 1905 | Paratilapia toddi | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia typus | (Bleeker, 1878) | Paratilapia polleni | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia ventralis | Boulenger, 1898 | Ophthalmotilapia ventralis | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia victoriana | Pellegrin, 1904 | Haplochromis victorianus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia vittata | Boulenger, 1901 | Haplochromis vittatus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia vittata nigroides | Pellegrin, 1935 | Haplochromis vittatus | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia vollmeringi | Steindachner, 1914 | Haplochromis gigliolii | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia wingatii | Boulenger, 1902 | Thoracochromis wingatii | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia xenodon | Nichols & Griscom, 1917 | Heterochromis multidens | Cichlidae | |
| Paratilapia zambesensis | Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 | Serranochromis jallae | Cichlidae | Nembwe |