Yellow sand cichlid

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Yellow sand cichlid
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Xenotilapia
Species: X. flavipinnis
Binomial name
Xenotilapia flavipinnis
Poll, 1985

The yellow sand cichlid (Xenotilapia flavipinnis) is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found exclusively in the shallow sandy regions of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.

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