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.