Original description:
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg, K.R. McKaye. 1997. "A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species". The Proceedings of the Academy Natural Sciences Philadelphia. 148:189-230 (crc00049)
Type species: Tilapia zebra Boulenger, 1899 (original designation).
Synonyms:
- Maylandia Meyer & Foerster, 1984.
Described species included (40):
valid: 36 synonym: 4- Tilapia zebra Boulenger, 1899 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus aurora Burgess, 1976 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus fainzilberi Staeck, 1976 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus lanisticola Burgess, 1976 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus lombardoi Burgess, 1977 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus greshakei Meyer & Foerster, 1984 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus (Maylandia) hajomaylandi Meyer & Schartl, 1984 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus barlowi Mckaye & Stauffer, 1986 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus xanstomachus Stauffer & Boltz, 1989 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus pursus Stauffer, 1991 (synonym)
- Pseudotropheus callainos Stauffer & Hert, 1992 (valid)
- Pseudotropheus estherae Konings, 1995 (valid)
- Metriaclima cyneusmarginatus Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima mbenjii Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima benetos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima chrysomallos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima emmiltos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima phaeos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima pyrsonotos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (valid)
- Metriaclima melabranchion Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (synonym)
- Metriaclima sandaracinos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (synonym)
- Metriaclima thapsinogen Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 (synonym)
- Cynotilapia pulpican Tawil, 2002 (valid)
- Metriaclima flavifemina Konings & Stauffer, 2006 (valid)
- Metriaclima mossambicus Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011 (valid)
- Metriaclima glaucos Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011 (valid)
- Metriaclima xanthos Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011 (valid)
- Metriaclima sciasma Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011 (valid)
- Metriaclima nkhunguensis Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011 (valid)
- Metriaclima lundoense Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013 (valid)
- Metriaclima midomo Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013 (valid)
- Metriaclima pambazuko Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013 (valid)
- Metriaclima tarakiki Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013 (valid)
- Metriaclima nigrodorsalis Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013 (valid)
- Metriaclima flavicauda Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016 (valid)
- Metriaclima usisyae Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016 (valid)
- Metriaclima koningsi Stauffer, 2018 (valid)
- Metriaclima ngarae Miller, Konings & Stauffer, 2021 (valid)
- Metriaclima gallireyae Miller, Konings & Stauffer, 2021 (valid)
- Metriaclima melissae Stauffer & Konings, 2023 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (35):
- sp. 'red top gallireya' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra long pelvic' (undescribed)
- sp. 'kingsizei lupingu' (undescribed)
- sp. 'aggressive greyhead' (undescribed)
- sp. 'agressive zebra maleri' (undescribed)
- sp. 'chinyankwazi' (undescribed)
- sp. 'elongatus goldbar' (undescribed)
- sp. 'elongatus linganjala' (undescribed)
- sp. 'kingsizei masimbwe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'aurora bevous' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra patricki' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lime nkhomo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra gold' (undescribed)
- sp. 'aggressive bars' (undescribed)
- sp. 'black dorsal mbenji' (undescribed)
- sp. 'cave manda' (undescribed)
- sp. 'daktari' (undescribed)
- sp. 'dolphin' (undescribed)
- sp. 'dumpy tanzania' (undescribed)
- sp. 'dumpy' (undescribed)
- sp. 'elongatus chidunga' (undescribed)
- sp. 'dumpy chitimba' (undescribed)
- sp. 'elongatus ngkuyo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'estherae blueface' (undescribed)
- sp. 'hajomaylandi pombo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lime jalo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'lime' (undescribed)
- sp. 'mbweca' (undescribed)
- sp. 'msobo heteropictus' (undescribed)
- sp. 'msobo' (undescribed)
- sp. 'taiwan masimbwe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'taiwan' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra mbowe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra ruarwe' (undescribed)
- sp. 'zebra yellow tail' (undescribed)