pleurostigmoides, Haplochromis Iles [T. D.] 1960:273, Fig. 9 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 2 (no. 17) (for May 1959); ref. 11919] Nkata Bay, near Katenda Rock, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype: BMNH 1962.10.18.102. Paratypes: (19) BMNH 1962.10.18.103-111 (9). •Valid as Copadichromis pleurostigmoides (Iles 1960) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:299 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:56 [ref. 20944], Stauffer & Sato 2002:91 [ref. 26070], Chisambo & Snoeks 2004:263 [ref. 28115], Stauffer & Konings 2006:12 [ref. 28633], Konings 2016:248 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Copadichromis pleurostigmoides (Iles 1960). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.