Biology:Epiplatys grahami

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Epiplatys grahami
Scientific classification edit
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 fish in the family Nothobranchiidae, an African rivuline, which is native to the fresh water habitats in southeastern Benin, through southern Nigeria and Cameroon, to northwestern Equatorial Guinea. This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [1]

Etymology

This killifish 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.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Epiplatys grahami" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q87766368 entry