macrophthalmus, Pseudotropheus Ahl [E.] 1926:54 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1926; ref. 77] Near Langenburg, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: ZMB 22705 (2). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:96 [ref. 21847]. •Valid as Pseudotropheus macrophthalmus Ahl 1926 -- (Colombé 1979:38 [ref. 9005], Maréchal 1991:408 [ref. 20944]). •Valid as Tropheops macrophthalmus (Ahl, 1926) -- (Konings 2016:87 [ref. 34521], Li et al. 2016:379 [ref. 34737]). Current status: Valid as Tropheops macrophthalmus (Ahl 1926). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.