Scantily clad but not naked: an analysis of the Metriaclima vs. Maylandia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) debate Author Scharpf, Christopher text Zootaxa 2025 2025-04-10 5620 3 461 469 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.3.5 journal article 309499 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.3.5 85b9ad98-7483-4e5f-9f91-d9a7a0c435a9 1175-5326 15219746 595D781A-3ED8-49AB-8561-CF6E58709568

TABLE 1. A summary of diagnostic characters purported to distinguish the subgenera Pseudotropheus and Maylandia as reported in Meyer and Foerster (1984).

Pseudotropheus	Maylandia
teeth arranged regularly in curved bands	teeth arranged less regularly
inner rows of teeth tricuspid	inner rows of teeth unicuspid (at least in adults)
large pharyngeal teeth loosely packed	small pharyngeal teeth closely packed posteriorly
color pattern: longitudinal rows of spots or broken lines	color pattern: more or less visible vertical bars