Epiplatys

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Epiplatys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Epiplatys
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Epiplatys sexfasciatus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Synonyms
  • Aphyoplatys Clausen, 1967
  • Lycocyprinus W. K. H. Peters, 1868
  • Parepiplatys Clausen, 1967
  • Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967

Epiplatys is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Epiplatys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b van der Zee, J.R., Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. & Sonnenberg, R. (2013): Epiplatys atratus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of the E. multifasciatus species group from the Lulua Basin (Kasaï drainage), Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa, 3700 (3): 411–422.
  3. ^ "R/NewFishSpecies - Epiplatys cashneri, a new species of killifish from the Geebo and Dugbe Rivers in Liberia". 23 January 2021.