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African rivuline Nothobranchiidae are a family of bony fishes containing roughly 300 species, also known as African rivulines. They are small killifish, usually measuring about . They are limited to Africa, living in fresh water but being also somewhat salt-tol ...

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Nothobranchiidae Nothobranchiidae are a family of bony fishes containing roughly 300 species, also known as African rivulines. They are small killifish, usually measuring about . They are limited to Africa, living in fresh water but being also somewhat salt-tol ...

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as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular

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Species

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Epiplatys annulatus The clown killi (''Epiplatys annulatus'') or banded panchax, is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae, an African rivuline, native to fresh water habitats in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa.> This species was desc ...

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, 1915) (Banded panchax) * ''

Epiplatys ansorgii ''Epiplatys ansorgii'' is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae, an African rivuline, native to fresh water habitats in the southern tributaries of the lower Ogowe River system and then southward to the lower Congo River system in W ...

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, 1911) * ''

Epiplatys atratus ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

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, 2013van 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.'' * ''

Epiplatys barmoiensis ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

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, 1968 * ''

Epiplatys biafranus ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

'' Radda, 1970 * ''

Epiplatys bifasciatus ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

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, 1881) * ''

Epiplatys cashneri ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

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Epiplatys chaperi ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

'' ( Sauvage, 1882) (Toothed carp) * ''

Epiplatys chevalieri ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

'' ( Pellegrin, 1904) * ''

Epiplatys coccinatus ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Epi ...

'' Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1982 * ''

Epiplatys dageti ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family (biology), family Nothobranchiidae endemism, endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized speci ...

'' Poll, 1953 ** '' Epiplatys dageti dageti''

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, 1953 (Redchin panchax) ** '' Epiplatys dageti monroviae'' Arnoult & Daget, 1965 * '' Epiplatys duboisi''

, 1952 (Dubois' panchax) * '' Epiplatys esekanus''

, 1968 * '' Epiplatys etzeli'' Berkenkamp, 1975 * '' Epiplatys fasciolatus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Epiplatys grahami'' (

, 1911) * '' Epiplatys guineensis'' Romand, 1994 * '' Epiplatys hildegardae'' Berkenkamp, 1978 * '' Epiplatys huberi'' ( Radda & Pürzl, 1981) * '' Epiplatys infrafasciatus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Epiplatys josianae'' Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983 * '' Epiplatys lamottei'' Daget, 1954 (Redspotted panchax) * '' Epiplatys longiventralis'' (

, 1911) * '' Epiplatys maeseni'' (

, 1941) * '' Epiplatys mesogramma''

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, 1980 * '' Epiplatys multifasciatus'' (

, 1913) * '' Epiplatys neumanni'' Berkenkamp, 1993 * '' Epiplatys njalaensis'' W. Neumann, 1976 * '' Epiplatys olbrechtsi''

, 1941 * '' Epiplatys phoeniceps''

, 1980 * '' Epiplatys roloffi'' Romand, 1978 * '' Epiplatys ruhkopfi'' Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980 * '' Epiplatys sangmelinensis'' ( C. G. E. Ahl, 1928) * ''

Epiplatys sexfasciatus ''Epiplatys sexfasciatus'' or six-barred panchax is a species of fish in the family Aplocheilidae that can be found in West and Central Africa. The fish is a timid surface dwelling predator. The six-barred panchax is up to long and closely resemb ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1862 ** '' Epiplatys sexfasciatus rathkei'' Radda, 1970 ** ''

Epiplatys sexfasciatus sexfasciatus ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Epipla ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1862 (Sixbar panchax) ** ''

Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis ''Epiplatys'' is a genus of African rivuline in the family Nothobranchiidae endemic to Africa as the name indicates. Several of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Epipla ...

'' Loiselle, 1971 * '' Epiplatys singa'' (

, 1899) * '' Epiplatys spilargyreius'' ( A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) * '' Epiplatys zenkeri'' ( C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)

References

Nothobranchiidae * Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub