- Caprichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Champsochromis Boulenger, 1915
- Cheilochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Chilotilapia Boulenger, 1908
- Chindongo Li, Konings, Stauffer, 2016
- Copadichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Corematodus Boulenger, 1896
- Ctenopharynx Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Cyathochromis Trewavas, 1935
- Cynotilapia Regan, 1922
- Cyrtocara Boulenger, 1902