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Sand Cichlids
Xenotilapia
Xenotilapia is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Yellow Sand Cichlid
speciesXenotilapia flavipinnis
Xenotilapia spilopterus
speciesXenotilapia spilopterus
Xenotilapia boulengeri
speciesXenotilapia boulengeri
Xenotilapia ornatipinnis
speciesXenotilapia ornatipinnis
Xenotilapia bathyphilus
speciesXenotilapia bathyphilus
Xenotilapia ochrogenys
speciesXenotilapia ochrogenys
Xenotilapia nigrolabiata
speciesXenotilapia nigrolabiata
Xenotilapia singularis
speciesXenotilapia singularis
Big-eyed Xenotilapia
speciesXenotilapia sima
Tanganyikan butterfly cichlid
speciesXenotilapia papilio
Xenotilapia caudafasciata
speciesXenotilapia caudafasciata
Xenotilapia burtoni
speciesXenotilapia burtoni
Long-spined Sand Cichlid
speciesXenotilapia longispinis
Xenotilapia nasus
speciesXenotilapia nasus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92867.