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Species related to Protomelas marginatus: [ 2 ] records

marginatus, Haplochromis Trewavas [E.] 1935:82, 91 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 16 (no. 91) (art. 6); ref. 4451] South end of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.745. Paralectotypes: (several) BMNH 1935.6.14.738-743 (10), 1935.6.14.744 (1), 1935.6.14.746 (1), 1935.6.14.747-754 (14), 1935.6.14.755-765 (34), 1935.6.14.766-768 (4), 1935.6.14.769-777 (12); NMW 25636 (1); MNHN 1937-0170 (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:211 [ref. 20868]. Lectotype selected by Eccles & Trewavas 1989:55 [ref. 13547]. •Valid as Protomelas marginatus (Trewavas 1935) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:53 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:389 [ref. 20944], Konings 2016:320 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Protomelas marginatus (Trewavas 1935). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

vuae, Haplochromis marginatus Trewavas [E.] 1935:92 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 16 (no. 91) (art. 6); ref. 4451] Vua, near north end of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.791. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1935.6.14.792-800 (13); MNHN 1937-0171 [ex BMNH] (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:211 [ref. 20868]. Lectotype selected by Eccles & Trewavas 1989:56 [ref. 13547] •Synonym of Protomelas marginatus (Trewavas 1935), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:56 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:390 [ref. 20944], Konings 2016:320 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Synonym of Protomelas marginatus (Trewavas 1935). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.