Displaying male
Displaying male of Xenotilapia longispinis in the aquarium Thomas andersen [Denmark]. Photo by Thomas Andersen. determiner Thomas Andersen

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Ectodini

Genus
Xenotilapia


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29-Aug-2008

Xenotilapia longispinis Poll, 1951

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Original description as Xenotilapia longispinis:

ZooBank:4D1FD7C4-EAEB-4E84-B284-4266E52E4346.

  • Poll, Max. 1951. "Troisième série de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par la mission hydrobiologique belge au lac Tanganika (1946-1947) - Suite 1". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 27(30):1-11 (crc00297)

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