Hay treinta y tres especies reconocidas:^[1]​

• Maylandia aurora (W. E. Burgess, 1976)
• Maylandia barlowi (McKaye & Stauffer, 1986)
• Maylandia benetos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia callainos (Stauffer & Hert, 1992)
• Maylandia chrysomallos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia cyneusmarginata (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia emmiltos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia estherae (Konings, 1995)
• Maylandia fainzilberi (Staeck, 1976)
• Maylandia flavicauda (Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016)
• Maylandia flavifemina (Konings & Stauffer, 2006)
• Maylandia glaucos (Ciccotta, Konings & Stauffer, 2011)
• Maylandia greshakei (M. K. Meyer & W. Förster, 1984)
• Maylandia hajomaylandi (M. K. Meyer & Schartl, 1984)
• Maylandia heteropicta (Staeck, 1980)
• Maylandia koningsi (Stauffer, 2018)
• Maylandia lanisticola (W. E. Burgess, 1976)
• Maylandia lombardoi (W. E. Burgess, 1977)
• Maylandia mbenjii (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia melabranchion (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia midomo (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013)
• Maylandia mossambica (Ciccotta, Konings & Stauffer, 2011)
• Maylandia nigrodorsalis (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013)
• Maylandia nkhunguensis (Ciccotta, Konings & Stauffer, 2011)
• Maylandia pambazuko (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013)
• Maylandia phaeos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia pulpican (Tawil, 2002)
• Maylandia pyrsonotos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia sandaracinos
• Maylandia sciasma (Ciccotta, Konings & Stauffer, 2011)
• Maylandia thapsinogen (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia xanstomachus (Stauffer & Boltz, 1989)
• Maylandia xanthos (Ciccotta, Konings & Stauffer, 2011)
• Maylandia zebra (Boulenger, 1899)