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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Xenotilapia: Greek, xenos = strange + Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 30 - 68 m (Ref. 27630). Tropical

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Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, found in the northern part of the lake, in Burundi and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 27630, 46829).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27630)

Occurs on mixed sand and rock bottoms; depth range 30-68 m (Ref. 27630). Stomach contents inventories suggest that it feeds on detritus as well as on plankton (Ref. 46829).

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De Vos, L., L. Risch and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995. Xenotilapia nasus, nouvelle espece de poisson des zones sous-littorale et benthique du Nord du lac Tanganyika (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 6(4):377-384. (Ref. 27630)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 31 January 2006

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Xenotilapia nasus De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995