maculatus, Paretroplus Kiener [A.] & Maugé [A. L.] 1966:69, Fig. 23 (3); Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Serie A Zoologie v. 40 (no. 2); ref. 2605] Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN 1965-0315 (2) Ambato-Boemy. Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:254 [ref. 35805]. See Sparks 2008:84 [ref. 29766] for information on the type locality. •Valid as Paretroplus maculatus Kiener & Maugé 1966 -- (Maréchal & Gosse 1991:359 [ref. 20961], Allgayer 1996:12 [ref. 23770], Sparks & Reinthal 1999:7 [ref. 23768], Stiassny et al. 2001:33 [ref. 25402], Sparks 2002:547 [ref. 26376], Sparks 2008:84 [ref. 29766], Sparks & Schelly 2011:57 [ref. 31173], Fricke et al. 2018:254 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Paretroplus maculatus Kiener & Maugé 1966. Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.