rosco Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hi all, I have managed to breed (and keep fry alive for over 60 days) Julidochromis "Gombe island" and after reading up on it I am not sure if it is transcriptus or marlieri. Can someone please enlighten me. cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Any better pics? http://users.tpg.com.au/akross/images/fish...rigombe_jpg.htm The one from your website is a bit unclear although my guess would be Transriptus atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Salita Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 As mentioned, need a better pic to be sure. That pic could be either.... they have similar patterns.... If they are the parents, and I was a betting man I would go with transcriptus gombe too. Marlieri have a different shape mouth, and slightly different pattern. well in actual fact........maybe this will clear it up...... here I have only seen them sold as transcriptus gombe in shops though. They are smaller than the usual marlieri you can get, and I think not quite as feisty either..... HTH, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 thanks all. Unfortunately that is the only piccie that I have. I was leaning towards transcriptus but I thought that I read somewhere that they had been reclassified to marlieri (or transcriptus I am not sure which name) because it encompassed a wider area . That article did not help unfortunately as mine looks like that but it does not state the differences. thanks rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ad Konings argues that J marlieri possess cheek markings whilst those without cheek markings are J transcriptus. If that is the case then what are called "Gombe Transcriptus is a variant of J marlieri. Rosco if you have a copy of "Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat" it is referred to on page 102. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thanks Ged, In that case I mine have cheek markings so I guess that they must be marlieri. I need to get myself some good reference material. Hmmmm next bristlenose run to the LFS should cover it cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 There is also a good discussion of the issue on cichlid-forum.com Marlieri or Transcriptus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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