Epiplatys

Epiplatys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
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 fish in the family Aplocheilidae 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]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Epiplatys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. 1 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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