最初命名為 Tilapia zebra:
ZooBank:3C0F0FEB-4A4F-4CA1-BB7B-FEDF34798FBD.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Part II". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 98-143(1-47): (crc00051)
同種異名 (1):
- Metriaclima melabranchion Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997, 其模式產地在 Mumbo Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa, 1-5 m. 鑑定者: Konings & Geerts, 1999
保育: Metriaclima zebra 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006). Metriaclima zebra到處都不稀少或受到威脅。他是在其分佈範圍內中最常見的岩棲類。.