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 "Endangered" (Xenotilapia burtoni), the rest are of "Least Concern" or "Data Deficient".
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
- Xenotilapia bathyphilus <small>Poll, 1956</small>
- Xenotilapia boulengeri <small>(Poll, 1942)</small>
- Xenotilapia burtoni <small>Poll, 1951</small>
- Xenotilapia caudafasciata <small>Poll, 1951</small>
- Xenotilapia flavipinnis <small>Poll, 1985</small> (Yellow sand cichlid)
- Xenotilapia longispinis <small>Poll, 1951</small>
- Xenotilapia nasus <small>De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995</small>
- Xenotilapia nigrolabiata <small>Poll, 1951</small>
- Xenotilapia ochrogenys <small>(Boulenger, 1914)</small>
- Xenotilapia ornatipinnis <small>Boulenger, 1901</small>
- Xenotilapia papilio <small>Büscher, 1990</small>
- Xenotilapia sima <small>Boulenger, 1899</small>
- Xenotilapia singularis <small>(Boulenger, 1914)</small>
- Xenotilapia spiloptera <small>Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1975</small>
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