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Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Epiplatys: Greek, epi = over, in front + Greek, platys = flat (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Werner Neumann of Zwickau, Germany, was an aquarist with an interest in killifish. He wrote Die Hechtlinge (1983), which deals with the aquarium care of pike-like killifishes (Epiplatys, Aplocheilus, Pachypanchax, Episemion). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
; স্বাদু পানি সমুদতলে ভাসমান বেনথোপেলাজিক; অ_ পরিযায়ী. Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 13614)
Africa: upper Dja (middle Congo River basin), Ntem, Ivindo and some northern tributaries of the middle Ogooué River, in Gabon, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon (Ref. 47774).
আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 27139)
Inhabits creeks and other small bodies of water under rainforest cover (Ref. 47774). Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট
Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
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).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).