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

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18 species (see list below)
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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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