Décrit initialement sous 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)
Synonymes (1):
- Pseudotropheus pursus Stauffer, 1991, avec la localité type à Kanchedza Island, Lake Malawi, se. Africa, 2-3 m. Identifié par: Konings, 1995
Conservation: Metriaclima lanisticola n\'est pas évalué par l\'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature dans la Liste rouge des espèces menacées. 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.