| Masked julie | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Lamprologini |
| Genus: | Julidochromis |
| Species: | J. transcriptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Julidochromis transcriptus Matthes, 1959 |
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The masked julie (Julidochromis transcriptus) is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa where it is found in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Julidochromis transcriptus is a dwarf Julidochromis species. The Masked Julie was described by Matthes in 1959. They are found in the north western part of Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They eat zooplankton and benthic inverts found in the algae growth in the wild. They are found from 3 feet to 300 feet (1 - 10 m).[1]