Xenotilapia Explained

Xenotilapia is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed 16 Xenotilapia species; one of them is considered "Vulnerable" (Xenotilapia burtoni), the rest are of "Least Concern" or "Data Deficient".^[1]

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

• Xenotilapia bathyphila Poll, 1956
• Xenotilapia boulengeri (Poll, 1942)
• Xenotilapia burtoni Poll, 1951
• Xenotilapia caudofasciata Poll, 1951
• Xenotilapia flavipinnis Poll, 1985 (Yellow sand cichlid)
• Xenotilapia leptura (Boulenger, 1901)
• Xenotilapia longispinis Poll, 1951
• Xenotilapia melanogenys (Boulenger, 1898)
• Xenotilapia nasus De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995
• Xenotilapia nigrolabiata Poll, 1951
• Xenotilapia ochrogenys (Boulenger, 1914)
• Xenotilapia ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1901
• Xenotilapia papilio Büscher, 1990
• Xenotilapia rotundiventralis (T. Takahashi, Yanagisawa & Nakaya, 1997)
• Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899
• Xenotilapia spiloptera Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1975
• Xenotilapia tenuidentata Poll, 1951

Notes and References

1. Web site: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 . 2012 . International Union for Conservation of Nature . 10 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ . June 27, 2014 .