Xenotilapia
Sign in to saveXenotilapia is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded5,956
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, CUMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, NRM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Rep Democratique Du Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
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- Xenotilapia
- topic's main category
- Category:Xenotilapia
- taxon name
- Xenotilapia
- taxon rank
- genus
- endemic to
- Lake Tanganyika
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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 "Endangered" (Xenotilapia burtoni), the rest are of "Least Concern" or "Data Deficient".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xenotilapia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.