Epiplatys singa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 singa

Name

Epiplatys singa (Boulenger, 1899)

• Holotype (unique): MRAC 989.
• Type locality: Boma swamps, lower Congo River system, 5°51'S, 13°03'E, western Democratic Republic of Congo.

Synonymy

• Haplochilus singa Boulenger, 1899
  • Aphyosemion singa (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Panchax singa (Boulenger, 1899)
• Haplochilus macrostigma Boulenger, 1911
  • Aplocheilus macrostigma (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Epiplatys macrostigma (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Panchax macrostigma (Boulenger, 1911)
• Panchax chinchoxoanus Ahl, 1924
  • Epiplatys chinchoxoanus Ahl, 1924
• Panchax ornatus Ahl, 1928
  • Epiplatys ornatus (Ahl, 1928)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième Partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens. Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology) 1 (fasc. 5): 97–128, Pls. 40–47. PDF. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Haplochilus singa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 19, 2014.
• Epiplatys singa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Epiplatys singa in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Epiplatys singa (Boulenger, 1899), CLOFFA
• IUCN: Epiplatys singa (Boulenger, 1899) (Least Concern)