Xenotilapia

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Xeno-papilio4.jpg

| image_caption = X. papilio

| taxon = Xenotilapia

| authority = Boulenger, 1899

| type_species = Xenotilapia sima

| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1899

| synonyms =

• Asprotilapia Boulenger, 1901
• Enantiopus Boulenger, 1906
• Microdontochromis Poll, 1986
• Parectodus Poll, 1942
• Stappersetta Whitley, 1950
• Stappersia Boulenger, 1914

}}

Xenotilapia is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed 16 Xenotilapia species; one of them is considered "Vulnerable" (Xenotilapia burtoni), the rest are of "Least Concern" or "Data Deficient".{{cite web|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 |year=2012 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |archive-date=June 27, 2014 }}