pyrsonotos, Metriaclima Stauffer [J. R., Jr.], Bowers [N. J.], Kellogg [K. A.] & McKaye [K. R.] 1997:206, Figs. 23-24 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 148; ref. 23216] Nakantenga Island (Maleri Islands), Lake Malawi, Africa, depth 2-4 meters. Holotype: PSU 3062. Paratypes: ANSP 176200 (3), MFU 7 (4), PSU 3063 (8), USNM 341926 (4). •Valid as Metriaclima pyrsonotos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye 1997 -- (Konings & Stauffer 2006:234, 243 [ref. 28844], Ciccotto et al. 2011:23 [ref. 31119], Staffer et al. 2013:103 [ref. 32703], Konings 2016:21 [ref. 34521], Li et al. 2016:379 [ref. 34737]). •Valid as Maylandia pyrsonotos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye 1997) -- (Ufermann 2001:60, 61 [ref. 30286]). Current status: Valid as Maylandia pyrsonotos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye 1997). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.