Metriaclima

Die Gattung Metriaclima verwirrt zum Teil stark die Aquarianer. Fakt ist, dass sie aus dem Pseudotropheus-Zebra-Komplex ausgelöst wurde. Im Handel sind diese Arten noch häufig unter dem Gattungsnamen Pseudotropheus zu finden. Aufgrund der Nachweise aus der Literatur haben wir uns für die Bezeichnung Metriaclima (von STAUFFER, BOWERS, KELLOGG & MCKAYE 1997) entschieden. Sie erwähnten in ihrer Beschreibung den Namen Maylandia nur kurz, da Ihrer Meinung nach die Beschreibung der Unterart Maylandia aus dem Jahr 1984 gewisse zoologische Kriterien nicht erfüllt hat und erklärten ihn zum nomen nudum (ungültiger Name). Viele Arten der Gattung Metriaclima, wie z. B. der Metriaclima callainos oder der Metriaclima fainzilberi wurden aufgrund ihrer vielfalt mit dem Beinamen der Standorte, in denen sie gefangen wurden ausgezeichnet. Alles andere würde auch zu zusätzlicher Verwirrungen führen, da die Artenvielfalt enorm ist. Ein Phänomen der Gruppe der Mbunas, wo auch hier die Metriaclima Gattung dazu gehört, wird als Polychromatismus (=Vielfarbigkeit) bezeichnet. Hierunter versteht man die Ausbildung von unterschiedlichen Farbkleidern einer Art und eines Geschlechts, die zudem noch den gleichen Lebensraum bewohnen. Die Normalform wird analog als BB-Morphe (Blue Black) bezeichnet. OB-Morphe (orange blotched = orange gefleckt) sind xanthoristische Individuen einer Art. Derartig gefärbte Männchen sind in der Natur ausgesprochen selten und werden deshalb als "Marmalde Cat" bezeichnet.

Artenteil der Gattung Metriaclima

- Metriaclima aurora -BURGESS, 1976-
--- Metriaclima aurora (Domwe Island)
--- Metriaclima aurora (Likoma Island)
--- Metriaclima aurora (Mara Point)
--- Metriaclima aurora (Mbweca)
--- Metriaclima aurora (Ndomo)
--- Metriaclima aurora (N'kolongwe)

--- Metriaclima aurora (Otter Point)
--- Metriaclima aurora (Thumbi West Island)
--- Metriaclima aurora (Tumbi Point)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora bevous"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora bevous" (Chizumulu)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blacktail"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blacktail" (Chiloelo)
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blacktail" (Chinuni)
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blacktail" (Lumessi)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blue"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blue" (Cobwe)
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora blue" (Kanjindo)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora chinuni"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora chinuni" (Chinuni)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora lumbaulo"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora lumbaulo" (Lumbaulo)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora north"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora north" (Magunga)
- Metriaclima sp. "aurora yellow"
--- Metriaclima sp. "aurora yellow" (Lumessi)
- Metriaclima barlowi -McKAYE & STAUFFER, 1986-
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Chidunga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Chimwalani Reef)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Luwala Reef)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Maleri Islands)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Mazinzi Reef)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Mbenji Island)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Nakantenga)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Nankhumba)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Nkhudzi)
--- Metriaclima barlowi (Thumbi West Island)
- Metriaclima benetos -STAUFFER, BOWERS, KELLOG & McKAYE, 1997-
--- Metriaclima benetos (Chigube)
--- Metriaclima benetos (Kanchedza)
--- Metriaclima benetos (Mazinzi Reef)
--- Metriaclima benetos (Queeni)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal" (Chidunga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal" (Maleri Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal" (Nakantenga Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal" (Nankoma Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal chiloelo"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal chiloelo" (Chiloelo)
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal chiloelo" (Meponda)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal cobalt"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal cobalt" (Chizumulu Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal cobalt" (Likoma Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal cobalt" (Lundo Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal heteropictus"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal heteropictus" (Thumbi West)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal lundo"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal lundo" (Lundo)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal mbenji"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal mbenji" (Mbenji)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal nkhungu"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal nkhungu" (Nkhungu Point)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal nkolongwe"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal nkolongwe" (N'kolongwe)
- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal thundu"
--- Metriaclima sp. "black dorsal thundu" (Thundu)
- Metriaclima sp. "blue reef"
--- Metriaclima sp. "blue reef" (Minos Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "blue reef" (Nkhungu Reef)
- Metriaclima sp. "boadzulu"
--- Metriaclima sp. "boadzulu" (Boadzulu)
- Metriaclima callainos -STAUFFER & HERT, 1992-
--- Metriaclima callainos (Charo)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Chesese)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Chewere)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Chirwa)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Chitande)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Ikombe)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Lion´s Cove)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Lupingu)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Luwino)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Maison)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Makonde)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Marak)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Matema)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Mbowe)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Mphanga)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Nkande)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Nkhata Bay)
--- Metriaclima callainos (Ruarwe)
- Metriaclima chrysomallos -STAUFFER, BOWERS, KELLOGG & McKAYE, 1997-
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Border)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Fort Maguire)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Gome)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Masinje)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Mumbo Island)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Nametumbwe)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Nakantenga Island)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Narungu)
--- Metriaclima chrysomallos (Ntekete)
- Metriaclima cyneusmarginatus -STAUFFER, BOWERS, KELLOGG & McKAYE, 1997-
--- Metriaclima cyneusmarginatus (Chidunga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima cyneusmarginatus (Chia Lagoon)
--- Metriaclima cyneusmarginatus (Nkhomo Reef)
- Metriaclima sp. "dolphin"
--- Metriaclima sp. "dolphin" (Ndonga)
- Metriaclima elegans -TREWAVAS, 1935-
--- Metriaclima elegans (Chemwezi Rocks)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Chiwindi)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Gome)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Likoma Island)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Liuli)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Luwala Reef)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Luweya)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Makokola)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Msuli Point)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Nkande)
--- Metriaclima elegans (Senga Bay)
- Metriaclima sp. "emmiltos"
--- Metriaclima sp. "emmiltos" (Mpanga Rocks)
- Metriaclima estherae -KONINGS, 1995-
--- Metriaclima estherae (Chiloelo)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Chilucha Reef)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Gome)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Lumessi)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Meluluca)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Meponda)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Metangula)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Minos Reef)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Nkhungu Reef)
--- Metriaclima estherae (Nkhungupt)
--- Metriaclima estherae (N'kolongwe)
- Metriaclima sp. "estherae blueface"
--- Metriaclima sp. "estherae blueface" (Lumessi)
- Metriaclima fainzilberi -STAEK, 1976-
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Charo)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Chitimba)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Chiwindi)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Higga Reef)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Hongi)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Horamhango)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Londo)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Lundo)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Lundu)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Lupingu)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Magunga)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Makonde)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Manda)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Mara Rocks)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Matema)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Ndumbi)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Ngkuyo)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Ngwazi)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Pombo Rocks)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Puulu)
--- Metriaclima fainzilberi (Undu Reef)
- Metriaclima flavifemina -KONINGS & STAUFFER, 2006-
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Chidunga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Gallireya Reef)
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Maleri Island)
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Nakantenga Island)
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Namalenje Island)
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Nankoma Island)
--- Metriaclima flavifemina (Thumbi West Island)
- Metriaclima greshakei -MEYER & FOERSTER, 1984-
--- Metriaclima greshakei (Boadzulu)
--- Metriaclima greshakei (Crocodile Reef)
--- Metriaclima greshakei (Makokola Reef)
- Metriaclima hajomaylandi -MEYER & SCHARTL, 1984-
--- Metriaclima hajomaylandi (Chizumulu Island)
--- Metriaclima hajomaylandi (Linganjla)
- Metriaclima sp. "hajomaylandi pombo"
--- Metriaclima sp. "hajomaylandi pombo" (Ndumbi Point)
--- Metriaclima sp. "hajomaylandi pombo" (Pombo Rocks)
- Metriaclima lanisticola
--- Metriaclima lanisticola (Chembe)
--- Metriaclima lanisticola (Crocodile Rock)
--- Metriaclima lanisticola (Dwangwa)
--- Metriaclima lanisticola (Mbenji)
--- Metriaclima lanisticola (Senga Bay)
- Metriaclima sp. "lanisticola north"
--- Metriaclima sp. "lanisticola north" (Chitimba Bay)
--- Metriaclima sp. "lanisticola north" (Gallireya Reef)
- Metriaclima livingstonii -BOULENGER, 1899-
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Chembe)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Chemwezi)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Crocodile Rocks)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Fuawe)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Liuli)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Luwala)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Maingano)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Makokola)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Mbenji)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Ngara)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Nkhudzi)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Otter Point)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Senga Bay)
--- Metriaclima livingstonii (Tschinga)
- Metriaclima lombardoi -BURGESS, 1977-
--- Metriaclima lombardoi (Mbenji Island)
--- Metriaclima lombardoi (Nkhomo Reef)
- Metriaclima mbenjii -STAUFFER, BOWERS, KELLOGG & McKAYE, 1997-
--- Metriaclima mbenjii (Fuawe)
--- Metriaclima mbenjii (Mbenji Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "mbweca"
--- Metriaclima sp. "mbweca" (Mbweca)
- Metriaclima melabranchion -STAUFFER, BOWERS, KELLOGG & McKAYE, 1997-
--- Metriaclima melabranchion (Mumbo Island)
--- Metriaclima melabranchion (Zimbawe Rocks)
--- Metriaclima melabranchion (Thumbi West Isl.)
--- Metriaclima melabranchion (Domwe Island)
--- Metriaclima melabranchion (Namalenje Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "membe deep"
--- Metriaclima sp. "membe deep" (Maingano)
--- Metriaclima sp. "membe deep" (Membe Point)
- Metriaclima sp. "msobo"
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Cape Kaiser)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Cove Mountain)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Lundo Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Lundu)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Lutara Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Magunga Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Manda)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Mbahwa Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Ndumbi Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Ngwazi)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Njambe)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Tumbi Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Tumbi Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Pombo Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Puulu)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo" (Puulu Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus"
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Lipingo)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Liuli)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Lundu)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Lundo Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Ndonga)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Njambe)
--- Metriaclima sp. "msobo heteropictus" (Thumbi Point)
- Metriaclima sp. "patricki"
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki" (Chidunga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki" (Jalo Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki" (Maleri Islands)
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki" (Mbenji Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki" (Namalenje)
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki" (Nkhomo Reef)
- Metriaclima sp. "patricki minos"
--- Metriaclima sp. "patricki minos" (Minos)
- Metriaclima phaeos STAUFFER, -BOWERS, KELLOGG & McKAYE, 1997-
--- Metriaclima phaeos (Cobwe)
--- Metriaclima phaeos (Chiwindi)
--- Metriaclima phaeos (Londo)
--- Metriaclima phaeos (Undu)
- Metriaclima pulpican -TAWIL, 2002-
--- Metriaclima pulpican (Maingano)
--- Metriaclima pulpican (Lumbaulo)
- Metriaclima sp. "pyrsonotos"
--- Metriaclima sp. "pyrsonotos" (Chimwalani Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "pyrsonotos" (Nakantenga Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "pyrsonotos" (Nkhudzi)
- Metriaclima sp. "red top gallireya"
--- Metriaclima sp. "red top gallireya" (Gallireya Reef, Hara)
- Metriaclima sp. "red top londo"
--- Metriaclima sp. "red top londo" (Londo)
- Metriaclima xanstomachus -STAUFFER & BOLTZ, 1989-
--- Metriaclima xanstomachus (Chidunga)
--- Metriaclima xanstomachus (Maleri Island)
--- Metriaclima xanstomachus (Nakantenga Island)
--- Metriaclima xanstomachus (Nankoma Island)
- Metriaclima zebra -BOULENGER, 1899-
--- Metriaclima zebra (Boadzulu Island)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Charlie)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chemwezi)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chiloelo)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chilucha Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chimwalani Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chinuni)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chiofu Bay)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chiwi Rocks)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chiwindi)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chizumulu Island North)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Chuanga)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Cobwe)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Cocodile Rocks)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Gome)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Hai Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Ikombe)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Jalo Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Kande Island)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Kawanga)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Kirondo)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Likoma Island)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Linganjala Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Liuli)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Liwelo Rock, Chizumulu)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Londo)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Lumbaulo)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Lumessi North)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Lumessi South)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Lundu)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Lutara)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Luwala Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Luwino)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Makanjila Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Makokola)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Makonde)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Maleri)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Mara Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Masinje)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Mazinzi Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Mbweca)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Membe island)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Meponda)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Metangula)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Minos Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Mpanga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nakantenga Island)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nakantenga Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Narungu)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Ndumbi)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nkanda)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nkhata Bay)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nkhudzi)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nkhungu Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Nkhungu Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Ntekete)
--- Metriaclima zebra (N'kolongwe)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Otter Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Pombo Rocks)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Same Bay)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Taiwan Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Thumbi Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Thumbi West Island)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Thundu)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Tsano Rock)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Tumbi Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Undu Point)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Undu Reef)
--- Metriaclima zebra (Zimbawe Rock)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra bevous"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra bevous" (Chizumulu Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra bevous" (Likoma Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra bevous" (Makanjila)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra blue"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra blue" (Chidunga Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra blue" (Maleri Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra blue" (Nankoma Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Chewere)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Chitande)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Katale)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Luwino)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Mara Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Maison)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Mbowe Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Mdoka)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra chilumba" (Mphanga)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold" (Charo)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold" (Lion´s Cove)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold" (Mara Rocks)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold" (Mbowe Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold" (Nkhata Bay)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra gold" (Ruarwe)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra mbamba"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra mbamba" (Mbamba Islands)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra slim"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra slim" (Chuwa)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra slim" (Higga Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra slim" (Mbamba Island)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra slim" (Mbamba Bay)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra slim" (Ngkuyo Island)
- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail"
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail" (Cape Kaiser)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail" (Lupingu)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail" (Lutara Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail" (Ngwazi)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail" (Magunga Reef)
--- Metriaclima sp. "zebra yellow Tail" (Manda)