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Epiplatys  Gill, 1862
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165810

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderCyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes  
                               SuborderAplocheiloidei  – aplocheiloids  
                                  FamilyAplocheilidae Bleeker, 1860 – rivulines, egg-laying toothcarps, almirantes, aplochéilidés  
                                     SubfamilyAplocheilinae  – Old World rivulines  
                                        GenusEpiplatys Gill, 1862  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Epiplatys annulatus (Boulenger, 1915) – banded panchax, clown killie, rocket panchax 
                                           Species Epiplatys ansorgii (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                           Species Epiplatys azureus Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1983  
                                           Species Epiplatys barmoiensis Scheel, 1968  
                                           Species Epiplatys berkenkampi Neumann, 1978  
                                           Species Epiplatys biafranus Radda, 1970  
                                           Species Epiplatys bifasciatus (Steindachner, 1881)  
                                           Species Epiplatys chaperi (Sauvage, 1882) – firemouth epiplatys, firemouth epiplatys 
                                           Species Epiplatys chevalieri (Pellegrin, 1904) – chevalier's epiplatys, Chevalier's epiplatys 
                                           Species Epiplatys coccinatus Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1982  
                                           Species Epiplatys dageti Poll, 1953  
                                           Species Epiplatys esekanus Scheel, 1968  
                                           Species Epiplatys etzeli Berkenkamp, 1975  
                                           Species Epiplatys fasciolatus (Günther, 1866) – banded epiplatys, banded epiplatys 
                                           Species Epiplatys grahami (Boulenger, 1911) – graham's epiplatys, graham's epiplatys 
                                           Species Epiplatys guineensis Romand, 1994  
                                           Species Epiplatys hildegardae Berkenkamp, 1978  
                                           Species Epiplatys huberi (Radda and Pürzl, 1981)  
                                           Species Epiplatys josianae Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1983  
                                           Species Epiplatys lamottei Daget, 1954  
                                           Species Epiplatys longiventralis (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                           Species Epiplatys mesogramma Huber, 1980  
                                           Species Epiplatys multifasciatus (Boulenger, 1913)  
                                           Species Epiplatys neumanni Berkenkamp, 1993  
                                           Species Epiplatys njalaensis Neumann, 1976  
                                           Species Epiplatys olbrechtsi Poll, 1941  
                                           Species Epiplatys phoeniceps Huber, 1980  
                                           Species Epiplatys roloffi Romand, 1978  
                                           Species Epiplatys ruhkopfi Berkenkamp and Etzel, 1980  
                                           Species Epiplatys sangmelinensis (Ahl, 1928)  
                                           Species Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862 – six-barred epiplatys, six-barred epiplatys 
                                           Species Epiplatys singa (Boulenger, 1899) – spotted epiplatys, spotted epiplatys 
                                           Species Epiplatys spilargyreius (Duméril, 1861)  
                                           Species Epiplatys zenkeri (Ahl, 1928)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Epiplatys   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Epiplatys   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Epiplatys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Epiplatys   
       

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