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Maylandia pursa
Synonym for Maylandia lanisticola (Burgess, 1976)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
junior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
In honour of Hans J. Mayland, German ictiologist (Ref. 45335).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
The name pursus, from the Latin meaning clean, was chosen to reflect the cleaning behavior of this species (Ref. 36956).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS