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)

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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