heterochromis, Melanochromis Bowers [N. J.] & Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1993:716, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 1993 (no. 3); ref. 21013] Chinyamwezi Island, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], 13°53'S, 34°57'E, Malawi, Africa, depth 2-4 meters. Holotype: PSU 2562. Paratypes: BMNH 1935.6.14 (20); MFU 3-6 (10, 9, 5, 10); PSU 2563-74 (18, 7, 5, 4, 5, 3, 2, 8, 2, 5, 7, 5); USNM 323586-92 (10, 9, 12, 7, 16, 12, 12). •Valid as Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer 1993 -- (Konings-Dudin et al. 2009:56 [ref. 30309], Konings & Stauffer 2012:20 [ref. 31871], Konings 2016:111 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer 1993. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.