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
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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[]
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Epiplatys annulatus (Boulenger, 1915) (Banded panchax)
- (Boulenger, 1911)
- , & , 2013[2]
- Scheel, 1968
- , 1970
- (Steindachner, 1881)
- (Sauvage, 1882) (Toothed carp)
- (Pellegrin, 1904)
- & , 1982
- Poll, 1953
- Poll, 1952 (Dubois' panchax)
- Scheel, 1968
- , 1975
- (Günther, 1866)
- (Boulenger, 1911)
- , 1994
- , 1978
- ( & , 1981)
- (Günther, 1866)
- & , 1983
- Daget, 1954 (Redspotted panchax)
- (Boulenger, 1911)
- (Poll, 1941)
- , 1980
- (Boulenger, 1913)
- , 1993
- , 1976
- Poll, 1941
- , 1980
- , 1978
- & , 1980
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus T. N. Gill, 1862
- , 1970
- T. N. Gill, 1862 (Sixbar panchax)
- , 1971
- (Boulenger, 1899)
- (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Epiplatys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Epiplatys
- Nothobranchiidae
- Freshwater fish of Africa
- Freshwater fish genera
- Taxa named by Theodore Gill
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs