Epiplatys sexfasciatus

Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis

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 sexfasciatus

Name

Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862

• Lectotype: ANSP 7129. Paralectotypes: ANSP 7130-40 (11); MNHN 1921-0125 (1).
• Type locality: Gabon, western Africa (possibly Lambaréne, about 0°52'S, 10°22'E).

Synonymy

• Epiplatys sexfasciatus sexfasciatus Gill, 1862
  • Aplocheilus sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
  • Haplochilus sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
  • Lycocyprinus sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
  • Panchax sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
• Epiplatys sexfasciatus baroi Berkenkamp, 1975

References

• Gill, T.N. 1862: On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14: 134–139 Reference page. 

Selected links

• Epiplatys sexfasciatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 4, 2014.
• Epiplatys sexfasciatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Epiplatys sexfasciatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1863, CLOFFA
• IUCN: Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862 (Least Concern)