Xenotilapia boulengeri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Xenotilapia boulengeri
Species Authority:	(Poll, 1942)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Bigirimana, C.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Widely distributed throughout Lake Tanganyika where it has no known major threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is widely distributed throughout the lake.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	Considered a rare species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A benthic fish, living near the shore.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Siltation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place for this species.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Poll, M. 1956. Poissons Cichlidae. In: Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques. 3(5B): 390–394. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.