Xenotilapia tenuidentata

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bigirimana, C. |author2=Nzeyimana, L. |date=2006 |title=Xenotilapia tenuidentata |volume=2006 |page=e.T60575A12381120 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60575A12381120.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Xenotilapia tenuidentata

| authority = Poll, 1951

| synonyms =

• Microdontochromis tenuidentatus (Poll, 1951)

}}

Xenotilapia tenuidentata is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is only known from the western shore (Democratic Republic of the Congo). This species can reach a length of {{convert|8|cm|in}} TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.{{FishBase |genus= Xenotilapia|species= tenuidentata| month = April | year = 2013}} Some authorities place this species in the genus Microdontochromis along with Xenotilapia rotundiventralis, with X. tenuidentata as the type species.{{Cof record|spid=22489|title = Microdontochromis tenuidentatus | access-date = 26 November 2018}}