Epiplatys atratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamilia: Epiplatinae
Genus: Epiplatys
Species: Epiplatys atratus

Name

Epiplatys atratus van der Zee, Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Sonnenberg, 2013

Holotype: AMNH 253838.
Paratypes (22): AMNH 253839 (3, 1), 257029 (5), 253840 (2), 253841 (4), 252457 (2), 252458 (1); MRAC B2-26-P-1–2 (ex AMNH 252452) (2); BMNH 2012.8.24.1–2 (ex AMNH 252452) (2).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kasaï Occidental, Lulua River Basin, Minkidimbua River, village Kakunku, 06°06.23’S, 22°42.49’E [1].

Etymology: The species name atratus means "clothed in black", from the Latin ater (= black), referring to adult dominant males that have an almost black appearance in ethanol.

References

Van der Zee, J.R., Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J., Sonnenberg, R. 2013. Epiplatys atratus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of the E. multifasciatus species group from the Lulua Basin (Kasaï drainage), Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa 3700(3): 411–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.5 Reference page.

Links

Epiplatys atratus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 21, 2025.