Xenotilapia

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 "Vulnerable" (Xenotilapia burtoni), the rest are of "Least Concern" or "Data Deficient".

Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:


 * 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