Erstbeschreibung als Pseudotropheus lanisticola:
ZooBank:F702D192-61BC-4872-BC6F-F24F77559A4F.
- Burgess, Warren. 1976. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 6. A new shell-dwelling cichlid from Lake Malawi and its inquiline catfish". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 25(1):39-48 (crc01072)
Synonyme (1):
- Pseudotropheus pursus Stauffer, 1991, mit dem typusfundort Kanchedza Island, Lake Malawi, se. Africa, 2-3 m. Identifiziert durch: Konings, 1995
Artenschutz: Metriaclima lanisticola wurde nicht durch die Internationalen Union für die Erhaltung der Natur (IUCN) in der Roten Liste bedrohter Arten bewertet. Metriaclima lanisticola is registered under Pseudotropheus livingstonii with the IUCN (based on old data from Ribbink et al. ([ref1=1386]) and Konings ([ref1=1582])). The shell-dwelling M. lanisticola does not seem to be threatened in any way as it could only end up in trawler nets which appear no longer being employed on Lake Malawi.