Xenotilapia
| Xenotilapia | |
|---|---|
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| X. papilio | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Ectodini |
| Genus: | Xenotilapia Boulenger, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Xenotilapia in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.