Masked julie

Masked julie
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

The masked julie (Julidochromis transcriptus) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa where it is found only along the northwestern shore preferring areas with rocky substrates. They eat zooplankton and benthic invertebrates found in the algae growth in the wild. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[2]

See also

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. 2006. Julidochromis transcriptus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 April 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Julidochromis transcriptus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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