Epiplatys njalaensis

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 njalaensis

Name

Epiplatys njalaensis (Neumann, 1976)

Holotype: MTD F 871. Paratypes: MTD F 1872 (1), F 4250-51 (2), F 21703-04 (2).

Type locality: Njala, Southwest Province, about 4 miles north of Mano Geleben, Yong River drainage, 7°54'N, 11°24'W, Sierra Leone.

Synonyms

• Aplocheilus njalaensis (Neumann, 1976)

References

Primary references

• Neumann, W. 1976. Ein neuer Epiplatys aus Sierra Leone Epiplatys njalaensis spec. nov. Aquarien Terrarien 23(1): 4–7. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Epiplatys njalaensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 11, 2014.
• Epiplatys njalaensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Epiplatys njalaensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Epiplatys njalaensis Neumann, 1976, CLOFFA
• IUCN: Epiplatys njalaensis Neumann, 1976 (Endangered)