| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Aapticheilichthys websteri | (Huber, 2007) | |
| Aplocheilichthys spilauchen | (Duméril, 1861) | Banded lampeye |
| Congopanchax brichardi | Poll, 1971 | Brichard's lampeye |
| Congopanchax myersi | (Poll, 1952) | Hummingbird lampeye |
| Hylopanchax leki | van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013 | |
| Hylopanchax moke | van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013 | |
| Hylopanchax multisquamatus | Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020 | |
| Hylopanchax ndeko | van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013 | |
| Hylopanchax paucisquamatus | Sonnenberg, Friel & Van der Zee, 2014 | |
| Hylopanchax silvestris | (Poll & Lambert, 1958) | |
| Hylopanchax stictopleuron | (Fowler, 1949) | Blue lampeye |
| Hylopanchax thysi | Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020 | |
| Hypsopanchax catenatus | Radda, 1981 | Chain lampeye |
| Hypsopanchax jobaerti | Poll & Lambert, 1965 | |
| Hypsopanchax jubbi | Poll & Lambert, 1965 | Southern deepbody |
| Hypsopanchax platysternus | (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) | Zaire lampeye |
| Hypsopanchax stiassnyae | van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, 2015 | |
| Hypsopanchax zebra | (Pellegrin, 1929) | Zebra lampeye |
| Laciris pelagica | (Worthington, 1932) | |
| Lacustricola atripinna | (Pfeffer, 1896) | |
| Lacustricola bukobanus | (Ahl, 1924) | Bukoba lampeye |
| Lacustricola centralis | (Seegers, 1996) | Cental east african lampeye |
| Lacustricola chobensis | (Fowler, 1935) | |
| Lacustricola hutereaui | (Boulenger, 1913) | Meshscaled topminnow |
| Lacustricola jeanneli | (Pellegrin, 1935) | Omo lampeye |
| Lacustricola kassenjiensis | (Ahl, 1924) | Kasenye lampeye |
| Lacustricola katangae | (Boulenger, 1912) | Striped topminnow |
| Lacustricola kongoranensis | (Ahl, 1924) | Kongoro lampeye |
| Lacustricola lacustris | (Seegers, 1984) | Kibiti Lampeye |
| Lacustricola lualabaensis | (Poll, 1938) | Lualaba lampeye |
| Lacustricola macrurus | (Boulenger, 1904) | Big tailed lampeye |
| Lacustricola maculatus | (Klausewitz, 1957) | Spotted lampeye |
| Lacustricola matthesi | (Seegers, 1996) | Saisi lampeye |
| Lacustricola mediolateralis | (Poll, 1967) | |
| Lacustricola moeruensis | (Boulenger, 1914) | Moero lampeye |
| Lacustricola myaposae | (Boulenger, 1908) | Natal topminnow |
| Lacustricola nigrolateralis | (Poll, 1967) | |
| Lacustricola nitida | Nagy & Chocha Manda, 2020 | |
| Lacustricola omoculatus | (Wildekamp, 1977) | Ruaha lampeye |
| Lacustricola petnehazyi | (Nagy & Vreven, 2018) | |
| Lacustricola pumilus | (Boulenger, 1906) | Tanganyika lampeye |
| Lacustricola pygmaeus | Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021 | |
| Lacustricola usanguensis | (Wildekamp, 1977) | Usangu lampeye |
| Lacustricola vitschumbaensis | (Ahl, 1924) | Bitschumbi lampeye |
| Lamprichthys tanganicanus | (Boulenger, 1898) | Tanganyika killifish |
| Micropanchax antinorii | (Vinciguerra, 1883) | Black lampeye |
| Micropanchax bracheti | (Berkenkamp, 1983) | |
| Micropanchax camerunensis | (Radda, 1971) | Cameroon lampeye |
| Micropanchax ehrichi | (Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994) | |
| Micropanchax fuelleborni | (Ahl, 1924) | Lake Rukwa lampeye |
| Micropanchax johnstoni | (Günther, 1894) | Johnston's topminnow |
| Micropanchax keilhacki | (Ahl, 1928) | |
| Micropanchax kingii | (Boulenger, 1913) | |
| Micropanchax loati | (Boulenger, 1901) | Nile killifish |
| Micropanchax pfaffi | (Daget, 1954) | Pfaff's lampeye |
| Micropanchax rudolfianus | (Worthington, 1932) | Lake Rudolf lampeye |
| Plataplochilus cabindae | (Boulenger, 1911) | |
| Plataplochilus chalcopyrus | Lambert, 1963 | Flame lampeye |
| Plataplochilus eliasi | Walsh, de Bragança & van der Zee, 2022 | |
| Plataplochilus loemensis | (Pellegrin, 1924) | Loeme lampeye |
| Plataplochilus miltotaenia | Lambert, 1963 | Red striped lampeye |
| Plataplochilus mimus | Lambert, 1967 | |
| Plataplochilus ngaensis | (Ahl, 1924) | Nga lampeye |
| Plataplochilus pulcher | Lambert, 1967 | |
| Plataplochilus terveri | (Huber, 1981) | Terver's lampeye |
| Platypanchax modestus | (Pappenheim, 1914) | Ruwenzori lampeye |
| Poropanchax luxophthalmus | (Brüning, 1929) | |
| Poropanchax normani | (Ahl, 1928) | Norman's lampeye |
| Poropanchax pepo | van der Zee, Bernotas, Bragança & Stiassny, 2019 | |
| Poropanchax rancureli | (Daget, 1965) | Rancurel's lampeye |
| Poropanchax scheeli | (Roman, 1971) | Scheel's lampeye |
| Poropanchax stigmatopygus | Wildekamp & Malumbres, 2004 | |
| Procatopus aberrans | Ahl, 1927 | Bluegreen lampeye |
| Procatopus nototaenia | Boulenger, 1904 | Large finned lampeye |
| Procatopus similis | Ahl, 1927 | Variable lampeye |
| Rhexipanchax kabae | (Daget, 1962) | |
| Rhexipanchax lamberti | (Daget, 1962) | Lambert's lampeye |
| Rhexipanchax nimbaensis | (Daget, 1948) | Mt. Nimba lampeye |
| Rhexipanchax schiotzi | (Scheel, 1968) | Schiøtz' lampeye |