Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei
Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamilia: Epiplatinae
Genus: Epiplatys
Species: E. annulatus – E. ansorgii – E. atratus – E. barmoiensis – E. biafranus – E. bifasciatus – E. chaperi – E. chevalieri – E. coccinatus – E. dageti – E. duboisi – E. esekanus – E. etzeli – E. fasciolatus – E. grahami – E. guineensis – E. hildegardae – E. huberi – E. infrafasciatus – E. josianae – E. lamottei – E. longiventralis – E. maeseni – E. mesogramma – E. multifasciatus – E. neumanni – E. njalaensis – E. olbrechtsi – E. phoeniceps – E. roloffi – E. ruhkopfi – E. sangmelinensis – E. sexfasciatus – E. singa – E. spilargyreius – E. zenkeri
Name
Epiplatys Gill, 1862
Gender: masculine
Type species: Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862, by subsequent designation.
Synonyms
Aphyoplatys Clausen, 1967
Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967
References
Gill, T. N.; 1862: On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 134–139.
Collier, G. E., W. J. Murphy, & M. Espinoza; 2009: Phylogeography of the genus Epiplatys (Aplocheiloidea: Cyprinodontiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 190–196.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.5 Reference page.
Links
Epiplatys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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]
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 cashneri [3]
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
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Epiplatys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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.
"R/NewFishSpecies - Epiplatys cashneri, a new species of killifish from the Geebo and Dugbe Rivers in Liberia". 23 January 2021.
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