Epiplatys togolensis Loiselle, 1970

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Epiplatys togolensis : Loiselle, 1970 b : 29, fig., mapThe biology of Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862 (Teleostomi, Cyprinodontidae, Rivulinae) in southeastern Dahomey and the Togohills. | Paugy & Bénech, 1989 : 303Les poissons d'eau douce des bassins côtiers du Togo (Afrique de l'Ouest). | Huber, 1996 : 185Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). | Wildekamp, 1996 : 130A 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. | Wildekamp & van der Zee, 2003 b : 343-345, pl. 37.I37. Aplocheilidae..
Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis : Loiselle, 1970 b : 29, fig., map (senior synonym)The biology of Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill, 1862 (Teleostomi, Cyprinodontidae, Rivulinae) in southeastern Dahomey and the Togohills. | Berkenkamp, 1975 a : 71, fig. 7-9, 15 (senior synonym)Ueber den Unterarten des Sechsbandhechtlings mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart von Kribi, Kamerun, Epiplatys sexfasciatus baroi subspec. nov. | Schreiber, 1976 : 162 (senior synonym)Einige Erkentnisse über die Killifischfauna in der südlichen Dahomeylücke. Ein Bericht über den Fang von Aphyosemion spec. GH 2/74. | Radda, 1977 c : 20 (senior synonym)Katalog der Cyprinodontidae (Atheriniformes, Osteichthyes) von Kamerun. | Radda, 1979 : 24 (senior synonym)The Cyprinodonts of Cameroon. | Schwabe, 1979 : 168, 2 fig. (senior synonym)Epiplatys sexfasciatus und seine beschriebenen Unterarten, mit einem Zuchtbericht über den Togosechsbandhechtling, Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis. | Radda & Pürzl, 1981 b : 8, fig., map (senior synonym)Killifische aus aller Welt. 1. Cyprinodontiformes der Länder der Regenwaldlücke Westafrikas (Togo, Benin, S.W. Nigeria). | Schwabe, 1981 : 117, fig. (senior synonym)Zum Problem der Unterarten von Epiplatys sexfasciatus. | Wildekamp et al., 1986 : 258 (synonym of Epiplatys sexfasciatus) (senior synonym)40. Cyprinodontidae. | Romand, 1992 : 635, pl. 35.XV (senior synonym)35. Cyprinodontidae. | Seegers, 1997 : 16 (senior synonym)Killifishes of the world: Old world killis I: (Aphyosemion, lampeyes, ricefishes). | Dankwa et al., 1999 : 44 (senior synonym)Freshwater fishes of Ghana: identification, distribution, ecological and economic importance. | Lazara, 2001 : 113 (senior synonym)The killifishes, an annotated checklist, synonymy, and bibliography of recent oviparous Cyprinodontiform fishes. The killifish master index..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Wildekamp & van der Zee, 2003b .
Common names : Toog-Sechsbandhechtling (German) .
Current distribution known : inhabits the drainage systems of the Mono, Zio and Hedjo Rivers, originating in the Togo Hills in southwestern Togo and southeastern Ghana, and areas eastward across southern Benin, southern Nigeria, including the Niger River delta, to the Cross River in southeastern Nigeria .
Food habits : feeds on ants and other insects (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
Habitat / home range : found in small rivers, quiet parts of larger rivers and brooks in the coastal rainforest .
Reproduction : near-to-surface spawner; 2 weeks incubation; eggs diameter: 1.4 mm (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
Size : 80 mm TL .
Types :
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis Loiselle, 1970 b: 29, fig., map. Type locality: "Headwater of the Hedjo (Todzie) river in the coffee plantation of the chief of Eyu, a small village 8 km north of the town of Palimé in the Republic of Togo" (06°55'N-00°37'E). Holotype AMNH n° 205.529; paratypes BMNH n° 1970.9.16: 13-21 (9) and AMNH n° 205.530-205.531.