Xenotilapia is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.[1]
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
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Xenotilapia". FishBase. November 2018 version.
- ^ "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.
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