Haplochromis (subgenus of Chromis) Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1888:76 Masc. Chromis (Haplochromis) obliquidens Hilgendorf 1888. Type by monotypy. •Valid with expanded concept -- (van Oijen 1996:57 [ref. 22826]). •Valid as Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (Greenwood 1962 [ref. 5925], Greenwood 1973 [ref. 7566], Greenwood 1974 [ref. 7503], Greenwood 1979 [ref. 1898], Greenwood 1980 [ref. 1899], Snoeks 1988 [ref. 6867], van Oijen 1991:9 [ref. 20098], van Oijen et al. 1991:100 [ref. 20956], Moran et al. 1994:274 [ref. 22421], Snoeks 1994:21 [ref. 21588], Poll & Gosse 1995:261, 283 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:280 [ref. 23725], Farias et al. 1998:502 [ref. 23856], Takahashi 2003:378 [ref. 27540], Seegers 2008:150 [ref. 29830], Schraml & Tichy 2010:81 [ref. 30895], de Zeeuw et al. 2010:202 [ref. 31028], Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven 2010:280 [ref. 31038] as'"Haplochromis', Schedel et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33459], Vranken et al. 2019:105 [ref. 36120], Vranken et al. 2020:[1] [ref. 36730], Vranken et al. 2020:1202 [ref. 37051], Vranken et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39202], Vranken et al. 2023:[1] [ref. 40198]). Current status: Valid as Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.