Epiplatys biafranus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

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: Epiplatys biafranus

Name

Epiplatys biafranus (Radda, 1970)

• Holotype: NMW 5951. Paratypes: NMW 5952 (3).
• Type locality: Vicinity of Port Harcourt, 4°46'N, 7°01'E, southeastern Nigeria.

Synonymy

• Aplocheilus biafranus (Radda, 1970)

References

• Radda, A.C. 1970: Die Epiplatysarten der "senegalensis-bifasciatus-Gruppe", mit der vorläufigen Beschreibung von Epiplatys biafranus nov. spec. Aquaria: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vivaristik 4(4): 6-9. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Epiplatys biafranus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 7, 2014.
• Epiplatys biafranus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Epiplatys biafranus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Epiplatys biafranus Radda, 1970, CLOFFA
• IUCN: Epiplatys biafranus Radda, 1970 (Endangered)