materfamilias, Xenotilapia Poll [M.] 1943:316 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 37 (no. 3-4); ref. 3518] Albertville [Kalemie], Democratic Republic of Congo, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): MRAC 63736. Type catalog: Derijst 1991:73 [ref. 21528]. Originally as mater-familias. •Synonym of Xenotilapia boulengeri (Poll 1942) -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:538 [ref. 20946], Takahashi & Nakaya 1997:340 [ref. 23358]). Current status: Synonym of Xenotilapia boulengeri (Poll 1942). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.