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Nothobranchiidae
Epiplatys bifasciatus
Epiplatys bifasciatus
Fish Reaching Six Centimeters in the Niger Basin
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallEpiplatys bifasciatus is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Genus
- Epiplatys
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Niger, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic (Ref. 3788 ); also Bahr el Jebel and White Nile drainage (Ref. 28714 ). Reported from Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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