There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: •
Hoplolatilus chlupatyi Klausewitz,
McCosker,
J. E. Randall &
Zetzsche, 1978 (Chameleon sand tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus cuniculus J. E. Randall &
Dooley, 1974 (Dusky tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus erdmanni G. R. Allen, 2007 (Triton tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri J. L. B. Smith, 1964 (Yellow-spotted tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (
Günther, 1887) (Pastel tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus geo H. Fricke &
Kacher, 1982 •
Hoplolatilus luteus G. R. Allen &
Kuiter, 1989 (Yellow tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus marcosi W. E. Burgess, 1978 (Redback sand tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus oreni (
E. Clark &
Ben-Tuvia, 1973) •
Hoplolatilus pohle Earle &
Pyle, 1997 (Pohle's tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus purpureus W. E. Burgess, 1978 (Purple sand tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus randalli G. R. Allen,
Erdmann &
A. M. Hamilton, 2010 (Randall's tilefish) •
Hoplolatilus starcki J. E. Randall &
Dooley, 1974 (Stark's tilefish) A single fossil species, †
Hoplolatilus visendus Bannikov, 1997, is known from the
Middle Eocene of the
North Caucasus, Russia. This is the oldest known definitive fossil tilefish, and supports this genus having a rather old origin. ==References==