Epiplatys spilargyreius

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 spilargyreius

Name

Epiplatys spilargyreius (Duméril, 1861)

• Lectotype: MNHN 0000-2992. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2651 [ex MNHN 0000-2992] (1).
• Type locality: Fresh water of the coast of Mandingues, eastern Africa [but probably near coast at Saint Louis, Senegal].

Synonymy

• Poecilia spilargyreia Duméril, 1861
  • Aplocheilus spilargyreius (Duméril, 1861)
  • Panchax spilargyreius (Duméril, 1861)
• Aplocheilus senegalensis Steindachner, 1870
  • Aphyosemion senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)
  • Epiplatys senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)
  • Panchax senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)
• Aplocheilus marnoi Steindachner, 1881
  • Aphyosemion marnoi (Steindachner, 1881)
  • Epiplatys marnoi (Steindachner, 1881)
  • Panchax marnoi (Steindachner, 1881)
• Epiplatys senegalensis acuticaudata Pellegrin, 1913
• Epiplatys acuticaudatus (Pellegrin, 1913)
• Panchax acuticaudatus (Pellegrin, 1913)
• Panchax grahami decemfasciata Pellegrin, 1933
  • Epiplatys grahami decemfasciata (Pellegrin, 1933)
  • Epiplatys decemfasciatus (Pellegrin, 1933)

References

• Duméril, A.H.A. 1861. Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 10 (for 1858): 241–268, Pls. 20–23. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Haplochilus spilargyreius in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 19, 2014.
• Epiplatys spilargyreius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Epiplatys spilargyreius in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Epiplatys spilargyreius (Duméril, 1858), CLOFFA
• IUCN: Epiplatys spilargyreius (Duméril, 1861) (Least Concern)