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Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gill, T. N. (1862). On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 134-139.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Nothobranchiidae
genus
Epiplatys
species
Epiplatys sexfasciatus

Name

Synonyms
Aplocheilus sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
Epiplatys sexfasciatus baroi Berkenkamp, 1975
Epiplatys sexfasciatus sexfasciatus
Epiplatys sexifasciatus Gill, 1862
Haplochilus andamanicus sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
Haplochilus rubropunctatus Steindachner, 1867
Haplochilus sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
Panchax sexfasciatus (Gill, 1862)
Homonyms
Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862
Common names
Dzorkpletoe in language.
Isovaanija in language.
Mbonha in language.
Ogoin in language.
Roter Sechsbandhechtling in German
Schuchka Shapera Shestipolosaya in Russian
Sechsbandhechtling in German
Seksstribet Panchax in language.
Sixbar Panchax in English
Szczupienczyk Szesciopregi in Polish
Tagbanyae in language.
Toothed Carp in English
panchax šestipruhý in Czech
six-barred epiplatys in English
six-barred epiplatys in English
six-barred epiplatys in language.
Шестиполосая щучка in Russian
Sixbar Panchax in English
Dzorkpletoe in language.
Isovaanija in language.
Mbonha in language.
Ogoin in language.
Roter Sechsbandhechtling in German
Schuchka Shapera Shestipolosaya in Russian
Sechsbandhechtling in German
Seksstribet Panchax in Danish
Six-barred Epiplatys in English
Szczupienczyk Szesciopregi in Polish
Tagbanyae in language.
Toothed Carp in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Gill, T. N. (1862). On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 134-139.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Wildekamp, R. H., R. Romand, and J. J. Scheel / Daget, J., J.-P. Gosse, et al., 1986: Cyprinodontidae. Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa: Cloffa, vol. 2. 165-276.
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