Metriaclima
Creators: name: Stauffer Jr, Jay R.
name: Black, Kristin
name: Konings, Adrianus F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Cichlidae
Metriaclima

description: Key to the formally described species of Metriaclima
1 Females beige to yellow with yellow pigment in anal fin...................................................... 2
- Females brown, dark gray or blue without yellow anal fin..................................................... 15
2 Males with black markings in dorsal fin................................................................... 3
- Males without black markings in dorsal fin................................................................ 5
3 Males with yellow pigment on cheek and breast............................................................ 4
- Males without yellow pigment on cheek and breast................................................... M. phaeos
4 Cheek depth less than 25% body depth (20.3–24.8%BD)........................................... M. flavifemina
- Cheek depth more than 25% body depth (25.3–32.0% BD)....................................... M. nigrodorsalis
5 Six or fewer bars (distinct or faint) below dorsal fin......................................................... 6
- Seven or more bars (distinct or faint) below dorsal fin........................................................ 7
6 Lower jaw length 28.4–33.5 %HL (mean 31.2)....................................................... M. aurora
- Lower jaw length 34.6–36.7 %HL (mean 35.4)................................................. M. xanthos (part)
7 Males with distinct vertical bars......................................................................... 8
- Males without distinct vertical bars..................................................................... 11
8 Males with entirely black pelvic fin.............................................................. M. sciasma
- Males with clear pelvic fin or dark band in pelvic fin........................................................ 9
9 Males with black submarginal band in anal fin............................................................. 10
- Males without black pigment in anal fin....................................................... M. hajomaylandi
10 Males with yellow dorsal fin................................................................ M. xanthos (part)
- Males with white/blue dorsal fin....................................................... M. mossambicum (part)
11 Males with yellow occipital region................................................................ M. barlowi
- Males with blue occipital region........................................................................ 12
12 Males with distinct interorbital bar............................................................... M. benetos
- Males without distinct interorbital bar................................................................... 13
13 Males with yellow dorsal fin.......................................................... M. mossambicum (part)
- Males with white/blue dorsal fin........................................................................ 14
14 Fourteen–nineteen, mode 16 of teeth in outer row of lower left jaw..................................... M. glaucos
- Fifteen–twenty five, mode 22 of teeth in outer row of lower left jaw................................ M. chrysomallos
15 Females light blue or white............................................................................. 16
- Females brown to blue-gray........................................................................... 18
16 Females with distinct vertical bars............................................................. M. lombardoi
- Females without distinct vertical bars.................................................................... 17
17 Lower jaw length 29–34%HL............................................................... M. nkhunguense
- Lower jaw length 35–43%HL.................................................................. M. callainos
18 Males without distinct vertical bars..................................................................... 19
- Males with distinct vertical bars........................................................................ 23
19 Males with orange to red pigment in dorsal fin............................................................ 20
- Males with blue dorsal fin............................................................................. 21
20 Males with yellow pectoral fin................................................................... M. mbenjii
- Males with clear pectoral fin.................................................................. M. greshakei
21 Males with yellow gular region............................................................. M. xanstomachus
- Males with white gular region.......................................................................... 22
22 Females light brown....................................................................... M. zebra (part)
- Females dark gray-blue........................................................................ M. estherae
23 Five or fewer bars below dorsal fin...................................................................... 24
- Six or more bars below dorsal fin....................................................................... 25
24 Teeth in outer jaw of left lower jaw 8–11........................................................ M. lanisticola
- Teeth in outer jaw of left lower jaw 12–17.......................................................... M. purum
25 Males with orange to red pigment in dorsal fin............................................................ 26
- Males with blue dorsal fin............................................................................ 28
26 Anal fin same orange color as dorsal fin.............................................. M. cyneusmarginatum (part)
- Anal fin blue....................................................................................... 27
27 Black submarginal band in anal fin...................................................................... 28
- No black band in anal................................................................................ 29
28 Distance between snout and pelvic-fin origin more than 35 %SL..................................... M. pambazuko
- Distance between snout and pelvic-fin origin less than 33 %SL....................................... M. emmiltos
29 Base of pectoral fin in males yellow........................................................ M. fainzilberi (part)
- Base of pectoral in males white to blue......................................................... M. pyrsonotos
30 Anal fin black and black streaks in tail fin................................................................ 31
- Anal fin blue and no black streaks in tail.................................................................. 31
31 Occipital region light blue without dark bars or spots................................................ M. pulpican
- Occipital region blue with dark bar.............................................................. M. lundoense
32 Base of pectoral fin in males yellow....................................................... M. fainzilberi (part)
- Base of pectoral in males white to blue................................................................... 33
33 Males without black submarginal band in dorsal fin........................................................ 34
- Males with black submarginal band in dorsal fin........................................................... 36
34 Males without extension of lateral bars onto dorsal fin....................................................... 35
- Males with extension of lateral bars onto dorsal fin........................................................ 37
35 Fewer than 6 rows of teeth in lower jaw........................................................ M. zebra (part)
- More than 6 rows of teeth in lower jaw............................................................ M. midomo
36 Males with black pigment in anal fin.......................................................... M. zebra (part)
- Males without black pigment in anal fin.............................................. M. cyneusmarginatum (part)
37 Five to 8 tooth rows in lower jaw................................................................ M. tarakiki
- Three to 4 tooth rows in lower jaw............................................................ M. zebra (part)
description: Published as part of Stauffer Jr, Jay R., Black, Kristin & Konings, Adrianus F., 2013, Descriptions of five new species of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 3647 (1) on pages 131-133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/221386