Typový druh
Asprotilapia leptura Boulenger, 1901.
Původní popis
Boulenger, G. A. 1901. Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu. II. Cichlidae, Mastacembelidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 7 (no. 37) (art. 1): 1-6.
