Original description as Julidochromis transcriptus:
ZooBank:62C07DB3-A222-4F30-A640-AA0D3C0EA89E.
- Matthes, H. 1959. "Un cichlide nouveaux du lac Tanganika Julidochromis transcriptus n. sp". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 60:126-130 (crc00113)
Conservation: Julidochromis transcriptus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006). The habitat is stable at this moment..