Epiplatys
| Epiplatys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
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Epiplatys is a genus of African rivulines endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish.
Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Epiplatys annulatus (Boulenger, 1915) (Banded panchax)
- Epiplatys ansorgii (Boulenger, 1911)
- Epiplatys atratus Van der Zee, Mbimbe & Sonnenberg, 2013[2]
- Epiplatys barmoiensis Scheel, 1968
- Epiplatys biafranus Radda, 1970
- Epiplatys bifasciatus (Steindachner, 1881)
- Epiplatys chaperi (Sauvage, 1882) (Toothed carp)
- Epiplatys chevalieri (Pellegrin, 1904)
- Epiplatys coccinatus Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1982
- Epiplatys dageti Poll, 1953
- Epiplatys duboisi Poll, 1952 (Dubois' Panchax)
- Epiplatys esekanus Scheel, 1968
- Epiplatys etzeli Berkenkamp, 1975
- Epiplatys fasciolatus (Günther, 1866)
- Epiplatys grahami (Boulenger, 1911)
- Epiplatys guineensis Romand, 1994
- Epiplatys hildegardae Berkenkamp, 1978
- Epiplatys huberi (Radda & Pürzl, 1981)
- Epiplatys infrafasciatus (Günther, 1866)
- Epiplatys josianae Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983
- Epiplatys lamottei Daget, 1954 (Redspotted panchax)
- Epiplatys longiventralis (Boulenger, 1911)
- Epiplatys maeseni (Poll, 1941)
- Epiplatys mesogramma Huber, 1980
- Epiplatys multifasciatus (Boulenger, 1913)
- Epiplatys neumanni Berkenkamp, 1993
- Epiplatys njalaensis W. Neumann, 1976
- Epiplatys olbrechtsi Poll, 1941
- Epiplatys phoeniceps Huber, 1980
- Epiplatys roloffi Romand, 1978
- Epiplatys ruhkopfi Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980
- Epiplatys sangmelinensis (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus T. N. Gill, 1862
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus rathkei Radda, 1970
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus sexfasciatus T. N. Gill, 1862 (Sixbar panchax)
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis Loiselle, 1971
- Epiplatys singa (Boulenger, 1899)
- Epiplatys spilargyreius (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
- Epiplatys zenkeri (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Epiplatys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.