Xenotilapia

Xenotilapia is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.[1]

Xenotilapia
X. papilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Ectodini
Genus:	Xenotilapia Boulenger, 1899
Type species
Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899
Synonyms
Asprotilapia Boulenger, 1901 Enantiopus Boulenger, 1906 Microdontochromis Poll, 1986 Parectodus Poll, 1942 Stappersetta Whitley, 1950 Stappersia Boulenger, 1914

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".[2]

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:<[1]

• 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

References

1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Xenotilapia in FishBase. November 2018 version.
2. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Archived from the original on June 27, 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2013.