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Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. (1899). Second contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.-- On the fishes obtained by the Congo Free State Expedition under Lieut. Lemaire in 1898. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 15 (pt 4, no. 1): 87-96, Pls. 18-20.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Xenotilapia
species
Xenotilapia sima

Name

Synonyms
Xenotilapia simi Boulenger, 1899
Homonyms
Xenotilapia sima Boulenger, 1899
Common names
Kanduvya in Swahili
Kayenga in Swahili
Mpoopo in Afrikaans
Mpoopo in Afrikaans

Bibliographic References

  1. Boulenger, G. A. (1899). Second contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.-- On the fishes obtained by the Congo Free State Expedition under Lieut. Lemaire in 1898. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 15 (pt 4, no. 1): 87-96, Pls. 18-20.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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