Convict julie
| Convict julie | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Julidochromis |
| Species: | J. regani |
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Julidochromis regani Poll, 1942 |
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The convict julie (Julidochromis regani) is a cichlid species in the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae family endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Hence it is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The fish is named after Charles Tate Regan.
This species is closely related to Julidochromis marlieri. Possibly, a male common ancestor of these two hybridised with some female ancestor in their evolutionary past.
Julidochromis regani is a small (up to 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL) ray-finned fish. Its pale to golden yellow body is slender and elongated. A varying black stripe patterns, depending on which part of the lake the fish originates from, is present. However, Julidochromis regani all have four slender lateral black stripes that run the length of the body, although some variations have the fourth stripe exclusively on the head. On the dorsal fin the stripes are vertical. The outer edge of the caudal, dorsal and anal fins is white, while the pectoral fins are yellow.
Sexing is difficult, but males do have a small genital papilla and females are generally plumper than the male.
It is omnivorous. Pairs are largely monogamous, though instances of polyandry, with the female taking more than one mate, have been recorded in both the wild and the aquarium. It is a secretive biparental substrate spawner, retreating to caves or rock crevices for protection and breeding.
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