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Xenotilapia tenuidentata Poll, 1951

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Xenotilapia tenuidentata Poll, 1951
Name authority
Poll, 1951
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cichliformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Xenotilapia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCichliformes
  11. familyCichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
  12. subfamilyPseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934
  13. genusXenotilapia Boulenger, 1899
  14. speciesXenotilapia tenuidentata Poll, 1951

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Xenotilapia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Xenotilapia bathyphila Poll, 1956CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia boulengeri (Poll, 1942)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia burtoni Poll, 1951CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia caudafasciata Poll, 1951CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia leptura (Boulenger, 1901)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia nasus De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia ochrogenys (Boulenger, 1914)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1901CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia spilopterus Poll & Stewart, 1975CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia melanogenys (Boulenger, 1898)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Xenotilapia flavipinnis Poll, 1985CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Microdontochromis tenuidentatus (Poll, 1951) (Poll, 1951)synonym
Xenotilapia tenuidentatus Poll, 1951 Poll, 1951synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Poll, M. (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): 1–12. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:7G7WK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.