trimaculatus, Haplochromis Iles [T. D.] 1960:267, Fig. 5 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 2 (no. 17) (for May 1959); ref. 11919] Nkata Bay, Likoma Island, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype: BMNH 1962.10.18.137 (missing). Paratypes: (15) BMNH 1962.10.18.129-136 (8). •Valid as Copadichromis trimaculatus (Iles 1960) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:305 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:57 [ref. 20944], Stauffer & Sato 2002:91 [ref. 26070], Chisambo & Snoeks 2004:263 [ref. 28115], Stauffer & Konings 2006:12 [ref. 28633], Konings 2016:158 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Copadichromis trimaculatus (Iles 1960). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.