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Xenotilapia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Subfamily
  
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Scientific name
  
Xenotilapia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cichlidae

Tribe
  
Ectodini

Higher classification
  
Cichlid

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Lower classifications
  
Xenotilapia ochrogenys, Xenotilapia melanogenys, Xenotilapia papilio, Yellow sand cichlid, Xenotilapia nigrolabiata

Xenotilapia papilio kanoni


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

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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".

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Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:<

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  • Xenotilapia albini (Steindachner, 1909)
  • 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

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    References

    Xenotilapia Wikipedia
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