Alcolapia latilabris

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Hanssens, M. |author2=Snoeks, J. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2006 |title= Oreochromis latilabris |page= e.T60319A12348298 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60319A12348298.en|access-date=17 September 2023}}

| taxon = Alcolapia latilabris

| authority = (Seegers & Tichy, 1999)

| synonyms = Oreochromis latilabris Seegers & Tichy, 1999

}}

Alcolapia latilabris, the wide-lipped Natron tilapia, is a species of small fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the hypersaline, warm Lake Natron in Tanzania. It lives near springs in the southern part of the lake.{{FishBase|Alcolapia|laitilabris|month=October|year=2018}}{{cite journal | author1=Ford, A.G.P. | author2=L. Ruber | author3=J. Newton | author4=K.K. Dasmahapatra | author5=J.D. Balarin | author6=K. Bruun | author7=J.J. Day | year=2016 | title=Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation | journal=Evolution | volume=70 | issue=12 | pages=2718–2735 | doi=10.1111/evo.13072 | pmid=27659769 | pmc=5132037 | doi-access=free }} It reaches up to {{cvt|6.2|cm|in}} in standard length. It has a relatively broad, downturned mouth, which separates it from the two other fish in Lake Natron, A. alcalica and A. ndalalani.{{cite web | author1=Genner, M.J. | author2=G.F. Turner | author3=B.P. Ngatunga | year=2018 | title=A Guide to Tilapia Fishes of Tanzania | url=https://martingenner.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/2/5/16250078/tanzania_tilapia_guide_edition1_2018.pdf | accessdate=6 November 2019 }}