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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Xenotilapia

(See list of species below)


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18 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 8.9 cm TL
 
Xenotilapia albini
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

Africa
Max. Length 10.3 cm TL
Xenotilapia bathyphila Poll, 1956

Photo by Photo by JJPhoto
 
Xenotilapia bathyphila
[]

Photo by de Vos, L.

Africa
Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
Xenotilapia boulengeri (Poll, 1942)

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Xenotilapia boulengeri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.7 cm TL
 
Xenotilapia burtoni
[]

Photo by de Vos, L.

Africa
Max. Length 15.6 cm
Xenotilapia caudafasciata Poll, 1951

Photo by Photo by de Vos, L.
 
Xenotilapia caudafasciata
[]

Photo by McCann, J.

Africa
Max. Length 9.2 cm TL
Xenotilapia flavipinnis Poll, 1985

Photo by Photo by McCann, J.
 
Xenotilapia flavipinnis
[Yellow Sand Cichlid]
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Xenotilapia leptura
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.3 cm TL
 
Xenotilapia longispinis
[]

Photo by Melandri, G.

Africa
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Xenotilapia melanogenys (Boulenger, 1898)

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Xenotilapia melanogenys
[]

Photo by de Vos, L.

Africa
Max. Length 9.3 cm TL
Xenotilapia nasus De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995

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Xenotilapia nasus
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

Africa
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Xenotilapia nigrolabiata Poll, 1951

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Xenotilapia nigrolabiata
[]

Photo by Slaboch, R.

Africa
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Xenotilapia ochrogenys (Boulenger, 1914)

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Xenotilapia ochrogenys
[]

Photo by R A Hill ARPS

Africa
Max. Length 12.5 cm TL
Xenotilapia ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1901

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Xenotilapia ornatipinnis
[]

Photo by Plistil, J.

Africa
Max. Length 7.8 cm TL
Xenotilapia papilio Büscher, 1990

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Xenotilapia papilio
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm SL
 
Xenotilapia rotundiventralis
[]

Photo by de Vos, L.

Africa
Max. Length 16.4 cm TL
Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899

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Xenotilapia sima
[]

Photo by Barberis, C.

Africa
Max. Length 9.6 cm TL
Xenotilapia spilopterus Poll & Stewart, 1975

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Xenotilapia spilopterus
[]

Photo by de Vos, L.

Africa
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Xenotilapia tenuidentata Poll, 1951

Photo by Photo by de Vos, L.
 
Xenotilapia tenuidentata
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Xenotilapia albini Africa 8.9 TL 1909
Xenotilapia bathyphila Africa 10.3 TL 1956
Xenotilapia boulengeri Africa 15.3 TL 1942
Xenotilapia burtoni Africa 17.7 TL 1951
Xenotilapia caudafasciata Africa 15.6 1951
Xenotilapia flavipinnis Yellow Sand Cichlid Africa 9.2 TL 1985
Xenotilapia leptura Africa 11 TL 1901
Xenotilapia longispinis Africa 16.3 TL 1951
Xenotilapia melanogenys Africa 15 TL 1898
Xenotilapia nasus Africa 9.3 TL 1995
Xenotilapia nigrolabiata Africa 13 TL 1951
Xenotilapia ochrogenys Africa 11 TL 1914
Xenotilapia ornatipinnis Africa 12.5 TL 1901
Xenotilapia papilio Africa 7.8 TL 1990
Xenotilapia rotundiventralis Africa 5.3 SL 1997
Xenotilapia sima Africa 16.4 TL 1899
Xenotilapia spilopterus Africa 9.6 TL 1975
Xenotilapia tenuidentata Africa 8 TL 1951



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