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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Epiplatys: Greek, epi = over, in front + Greek, platys = flat (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr William M Graham worked in the West Africa Medical Service. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range
البيئة
; المياه العذبة قاعية التغذية و المعيشة; غير مهاجرة. Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)
Africa: from southeastern Benin, through southern Nigeria and Cameroon, to northwestern Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 47774).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 27139)
Found in swamps and swampy parts of small streams in the coastal forest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. It is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Wildekamp, R.H., 1996. A world of killies. Atlas of the oviparous cyprinodontiform fishes of the world. Volume III: The genera Empetrichthys, Epiplatys, Episemion, Floridichthys, Fluviphylax, Foerschichthys, Fundulopanchax,. Fundulosoma and Fundulus. American Killifish Association, Inc. 330 p. (Ref. 47774)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
استخدامات بشرية
حوض مائي: تجاري
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مصادر علي الأنترنت
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (مرجع
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00250 - 0.01453), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (مرجع
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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