stellifer, Hemichromis Loiselle [P. V.] 1979:81, Fig. 20 [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 228; ref. 8810] Malembo (Stanley) Pool, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 68036. Paratypes: AMNH 16864 (4 or 3); MNHN A-0897 (1), 1906-0227 (1), 1926-0312 to 0319 (6), 1930-0052 (6), 1958-0131 (1), 1962-0421 (4), 1962-0422 (4). •Synonym of Hemichromis bimaculatus Gill 1862 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:740 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Hemichromis stellifer Loiselle 1979 -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:194 [ref. 20957], Stiassny et al. 2007:343 [ref. 30045], Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2710 [ref. 34618], Fermon et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39448]). •Valid as Rubricatochromis stellifer (Loiselle 1979) -- (Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[11] [ref. 39796]). Current status: Valid as Rubricatochromis stellifer (Loiselle 1979). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Equatorial Guinea south to lower Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.