''Epiplatys'' is a

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of African rivuline in the

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Nothobranchiidae Nothobranchiidae are a Family (biology), family of Osteichthyes, bony fishes containing roughly 300 species, also known as African rivulines. They are small killifish, usually measuring about . They are limited to Africa, living in fresh water bu ...

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as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular

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fish.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epiplatys annulatus'' ( Boulenger, 1915) (Banded panchax) * '' Epiplatys ansorgii'' ( Boulenger, 1911) * '' Epiplatys atratus'' Van der Zee, Mbimbe &

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, 2013van 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.'' * '' Epiplatys barmoiensis'' Scheel, 1968 * '' Epiplatys biafranus'' Radda, 1970 * '' Epiplatys bifasciatus'' (

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, 1881) * '' Epiplatys cashneri'' * '' Epiplatys chaperi'' ( Sauvage, 1882) (Toothed carp) * '' Epiplatys chevalieri'' ( Pellegrin, 1904) * '' Epiplatys coccinatus'' Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1982 * '' Epiplatys dageti'' Poll, 1953 ** '' Epiplatys dageti dageti''

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, 1953 (Redchin panchax) ** '' Epiplatys dageti monroviae'' Arnoult & Daget, 1965 * '' Epiplatys duboisi''

, 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'' (

, 1941) * '' Epiplatys mesogramma''

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, 1980 * '' Epiplatys multifasciatus'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * '' Epiplatys neumanni'' Berkenkamp, 1993 * '' Epiplatys njalaensis'' W. Neumann, 1976 * '' Epiplatys olbrechtsi''

, 1941 * '' Epiplatys phoeniceps''

, 1980 * '' Epiplatys roloffi'' Romand, 1978 * '' Epiplatys ruhkopfi'' Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980 * '' Epiplatys sangmelinensis'' ( C. G. E. Ahl, 1928) * ''

Epiplatys sexfasciatus ''Epiplatys sexfasciatus'', the six-barred panchax. is a species of fish in the family Aplocheilidae that can be found in West and Central Africa. The fish is a timid surface dwelling predator. The six-barred panchax is up to long and closely res ...

'' 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

Nothobranchiidae * Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Nothobranchiidae-stub