Masked julie

Masked julie
Masked julie
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

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]

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