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".
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
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Xenotilapia bathyphila Max Poll, 1956
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Xenotilapia boulengeri (Max Poll, 1942)
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Xenotilapia burtoni Max Poll, 1951
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Xenotilapia caudofasciata Max Poll, 1951
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Xenotilapia flavipinnis Max Poll, 1985 (Yellow sand cichlid)
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Xenotilapia leptura (Boulenger, 1901)
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Xenotilapia longispinis Max Poll, 1951
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Xenotilapia melanogenys (Boulenger, 1898)
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Xenotilapia nasus De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995
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Xenotilapia nigrolabiata Max Poll, 1951
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Xenotilapia ochrogenys (Boulenger, 1914)
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Xenotilapia ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1901
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Xenotilapia papilio Büscher, 1990
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Xenotilapia rotundiventralis (T. Takahashi, Yanagisawa & Kazuhiro Nakaya, 1997)
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Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899
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Xenotilapia spiloptera Max Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1975
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Xenotilapia tenuidentata Max Poll, 1951
