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Epiplatys grahami

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Epiplatys grahami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Epiplatys
Species:
E. grahami
Binomial name
Epiplatys grahami
Boulenger, 1911

Epiplatys grahami is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is an African rivuline that is native to the fresh water habitats from south-eastern Benin and through southern Nigeria and Cameroon to north-western Equatorial Guinea. This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [2]

Etymology

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The species epithet is named in honor of medical entomologist W. M. Graham, who specialized in blood-sucking midges, and was the director of the Medical Research Institute in Lagos, Nigeria. It was he who presented the type specimen to the British Museum of Natural History.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lalèyè, P., Moelants, T. & Olaosebikan, B.D. (2020). "Epiplatys grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182297A134756096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182297A134756096.en. Retrieved 13 March 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epiplatys grahami". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  • Wildekamp, R.H., 1996. A world of killies. Atlas of the oviparous cyprinodontiform fishes of the world. Volume III: The genera Empetrichthys, Epiplatys, Episemion, Floridichthys, Fluviphylax, Foerschichthys, Fundulopanchax,. Fundulosoma and Fundulus. American Killifish Association, Inc. 330 p.