Male from Chimba
A wild male of Xenotilapia bathyphilus from Chimba, Lake Tanganyika [Zambia], in the aquarium of Marta Mierzenska and Robert Mierzenski, Krakow [Poland].Photo by Thomas Andersen. (20-Apr-2013). determiner Thomas Andersen

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Ectodini

Genus
Xenotilapia

Status
valid


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Last updated on:
05-Jan-2016

Xenotilapia bathyphilus Poll, 1956

Original description as Xenotilapia ochrogenys bathyphilus:

ZooBank:9D48CB58-764A-49C9-AFB2-C665416E60E7.

  • Poll, Max. 1956. "Poissons Cichlidae - Xenotilapia ochrogenys bathyphilus". Exploration hydrobiologique du lac Tanganika (1946-1947) - Résultats scientifiques. pp. 279-285 (crc03471) (abstract)

Conservation: Xenotilapia bathyphilus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).

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