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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 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
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch; standorttreu. 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).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (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
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).