Epiplatys sexfasciatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Epiplatys |
Species: | E. sexfasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Epiplatys sexfasciatus
T. N. Gill, 1862
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Epiplatys sexfasciatus or six-barred panchax is a species of fish in the family Aplocheilidae that can be found in West and Central Africa. [2] The fish is a timid surface dwelling predator. The six-barred panchax is up to 10 cm (4 in) long and closely resembles Epiplatys longiventralis. [2] [3] [4]
This is the type species of the genus Epiplatys [5] and was described by Theodore N. Gill in 1862 with the type locality given as Gabon. [6]
There are three recognized sub-species: