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Epiplatys

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Epiplatys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Epiplatys". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "R/NewFishSpecies - Epiplatys cashneri, a new species of killifish from the Geebo and Dugbe Rivers in Liberia". 23 January 2021.