ater, Pseudotropheus Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988:665, Fig. 2 [Copeia 1988 (no. 3); ref. 6678] Chinyamwezi Island, Lake Malawi [Nyasa], Malawi, Africa. Holotype: USNM 290927. Paratypes: BMNH 1987.11.18.8-12 (5); USNM 290928 (4). •Valid as Pseudotropheus ater Stauffer 1988 -- (Maréchal 1991:401 [ref. 20944], Konings 2016:98 [ref. 34521]). •Valid as Chindongo ater (Stauffer 1988) -- (Li et al. 2016:373 [ref. 34737]). Current status: Valid as Chindongo ater (Stauffer 1988). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.