pleurospilus, Simochromis Nelissen [M. H. J.] 1978:628, Fig. 3 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 92 (no. 3); ref. 8903] Chaitika, Lake Tanganyika, 8°34'S, 30°48'E. Holotype: MRAC 77-35-P-117. Paratypes: MRAC 76-4-P-93 (1), 76-4-P-95-96 (1, 1), 76-4-P-98-99 (1, 1), 76-4-P-464 (1), 76-4-P-465 (1), 76-4-P-480 (1), 76-28-P-115 (1), 76-28-P-146-48 (1, 1, 1), 77-35-P-118-20 (1, 1, 1), 77-35-P-121 (1), 77-40-P-427 (1). •Valid as Simochromis pleurospilus Nelissen 1978 -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:457 [ref. 20946]). •Synonym of Pseudosimochromis babaulti (Pellegrin 1927) -- (Konings 2015:233 [ref. 34660], Van Steenberge et al. 2015:31 [ref. 35550], Konings 2019:243 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudosimochromis babaulti (Pellegrin 1927). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.