Epiplatys
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamilia: Epiplatinae
Genus: Epiplatys
- Subgenus Aphyoplatys Clausen, 1967
Species:
E. duboisi
- Subgenus Epiplatys Gill, 1862
Species:
E. ansorgii –
E. atratus –
E. berkenkampi –
E. boulengeri –
E. chevalieri –
E. esekanus –
E. huberi –
E. infrafasciatus –
E. longiventralis –
E. mesogramma –
E. multifasciatus –
E. neumanni –
E. nigricans –
E. phoeniceps –
E. rathkei –
E. sangmelinensis –
E. sexfasciatus –
E. togolensis –
E. zenkeri
- Subgenus Kulonplatys Huber, 2024
Species:
E. azureus –
E. barmoiensis –
E. cashneri –
E. coccinatus –
E. dauresi –
E. fasciolatus –
E. guineensis –
E. hildegardae –
E. josianae –
E. kassiapleuensis –
E. lamottei –
E. njalaensis –
E. olbrechtsi –
E. puetzi –
E. roloffi –
E. ruhkopfi –
E. tototaensis –
E. zimiensis
- Subgenus Lycocyprinus Peters, 1868
Species:
E. chaperi –
E. dageti –
E. etzeli –
E. monroviae –
E. samborskii –
E. schreiberi –
E. sheljuzhkoi –
E. spillmanni
- Subgenus Parepiplatys Clausen, 1967
Species:
E. biafranus –
E. grahami –
E. singa
- Subgenus Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967
Species:
E. annulatus
- Subgenus Xerosplatys Huber, 2024
Species:
E. bifasciatus –
E. lokoensis –
E. spilargyreius
Name
[edit]Epiplatys Gill, 1862
Gender: masculine
Type species: Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862, by subsequent designation.
Etymology: Epiplatys from the Greek epi, meaning above, and platys meaning flat, referring to the flattened dorsal aspect of the skull.
Synonyms
[edit]- Aphyoplatys Clausen, 1967
- Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967
References
[edit]- 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. [see page 136]
- Collier, G.E., W.J. Murphy, & M. Espinoza; 2009: Phylogeography of the genus Epiplatys (Aplocheiloidea: Cyprinodontiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 190–196
- Huber, J.H., 2024. Taxonomic reappraisal and rearrangement of genus Epiplatys and its generic and specific components, with 2 new subgenera. Killi-Data Series 2024: 4-60.
- Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes, part III, from Guenther to Gill, 1859-1880, twenty-two years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series 39: 285–410+i-xv. Reference page. [see page 314 BHL]
- Parenti, L.R. 1981. A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 168(4): 335–557. Reference page. [see pages 474-475]
- Van 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.5 Reference page.
- Wildekamp, R.H., Romand, R. & Scheel, J.J. 1986. Cyprinodontidae (pp. 165–276). In: Daget, J., Gosse, J.-P. & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds), 1986. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. ISNB Bruxelles, MRAC Tervuren, ORSTOM Paris. v. 2: i–xiv + 1–520. PDF [see pages 244]
Links
[edit]- Epiplatys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Epiplatys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 05, 2024.