tropheops, Pseudotropheus Regan [C. T.] 1922:683, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921 (pt 4) (no. 36); ref. 3673] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1921.9.6.224-226 (2 or 3). •Valid as Pseudotropheus tropheops Regan 1922 -- (Colombé 1979:38 [ref. 9005], Maréchal 1991:411 [ref. 20944], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304]). •Valid as Tropheops tropheops (Regan 1922) -- (Ufermann 2001:61 [ref. 30286], Konings 2016:82 [ref. 34521], Li et al. 2016:379 [ref. 34737]). Current status: Valid as Tropheops tropheops (Regan 1922). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.