Xenotilapia boulengeri

Xenotilapia boulengeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Xenotilapia
Species:	X. boulengeri
Binomial name
	Xenotilapia boulengeri; (Poll, 1942)
Synonyms
	Enantiopus boulengeri Poll, 1942; Parectodus lestradei Poll, 1942; Xenotilapia lestradei (Poll, 1942); Xenotilapia materfamilias Poll, 1943; Xenotilapia mater-familias Poll, 1943;

Xenotilapia boulengeri is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it occurs in schools in areas with sandy substrates. Its diet consists of small shrimps and copepods. This species can reach a length of 15.3 centimetres (6.0 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours the Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937), in recognition of his worl on the fishes of Lake Tanganyika.[3]

References

Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Xenotilapia boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60717A12397711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60717A12397711.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Xenotilapia boulengeri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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[IUCN-1] Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Xenotilapia boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60717A12397711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60717A12397711.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Xenotilapia boulengeri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 November 2018.