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Species related to Maylandia zebra: [ 2 ] records


zebra, Tilapia Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:137, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899 (pt 1); ref. 14695] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1891.12.17.7. See remarks under genus Metriaclima. •Valid as Pseudotropheus zebra (Boulenger 1899) -- (Maréchal 1991:414 [ref. 20944], Fuller et al. 1999:444 [ref. 25838]). •Valid as Metriaclima zebra (Boulenger 1899) -- (Stauffer et al. 1997:193 [ref. 23216], Albertson et al. 1999:5108 [ref. 25258], Stauffer & Kellogg 2001:150 [ref. 25895], Konings & Stauffer 2006:233, 241 [ref. 28844], Ciccotto et al. 2011:1 [ref. 31119], Stauffer et al. 2013:103 [ref. 32703], Konings 2016:20 [ref. 34521], Li et al. 2016:379 [ref. 34737]). •Valid as Maylandia zebra (Boulenger 1899) -- (Ufermann 2001:61 [ref. 30286]). Current status: Valid as Maylandia zebra (Boulenger 1899). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

melabranchion, Metriaclima Stauffer [J. R., Jr.], Bowers [N. J.], Kellogg [K. A.] & McKaye [K. R.] 1997:197, Figs. 7-8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 148; ref. 23216] Mumbo Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa, depth 1-5 meters. Holotype: PSU 3049. Paratypes: ANSP 176191-95 (3, 3, 3, 3, 3); MFU 20-22 (3, 3, 3), 24-25 (3, 3); PSU 3046-48 (11, 11, 11), 3050-51 (10, 11); USNM 341917-19 (3, 3, 3), 341921-22 (3, 3). •Valid as Metriaclima melabranchion Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye 1997 -- (Konings & Stauffer 2006:234 [ref. 28844]). •Valid as Maylandia melabranchion (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye 1997) -- (Ufermann 2001:61 [ref. 30286], Stauffer et al. 2013:103 [ref. 32704]). •Synonym of Metriaclima zebra (Boulenger 1899) -- (Ciccotto et al. 2011:23 [ref. 31119]). •Synonym of Maylandia zebra (Boulenger 1899) -- see Maylandia. Current status: Synonym of Maylandia zebra (Boulenger 1899). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.


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