| Pseudotropheus socolofi Johnson, 1974 |
| Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840 |
| Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823) |
| Rheoheros McMahan & Matamoros, 2015 |
| Rheoheros coeruleus (Stawikowski & Werner, 1987) |
| Rheoheros lentiginosus (Steindachner, 1864) |
| Rocio Schmitter-Soto, 2007 |
| Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007 |
| Rocio ocotal Schmitter-Soto, 2007 |
| Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903) |
| Rubricatochromis Lamboj & Koblmüller, 2022 |
| Rubricatochromis bimaculatus (Gill, 1862) |
| Rubricatochromis guttatus (Günther, 1862) |
| Rubricatochromis letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) |
| Sarotherodon Rüppell, 1852 |
| Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 |
| Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters, 1852) |
| Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 |
| Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993 |
| Theraps Günther, 1862 |