Epiplatys

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.

Epiplatys
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
  • Aphyoplatys Clausen, 1967
  • Lycocyprinus W. K. H. Peters, 1868
  • Parepiplatys Clausen, 1967
  • Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967

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 dageti dageti Poll, 1953 (Redchin panchax)
    • Epiplatys dageti monroviae Arnoult & Daget, 1965
  • 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)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Epiplatys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. 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.


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