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Found in swamps and swampy parts of small streams in the coastal forest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. It is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
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fisheries: ; aquarium: commercial
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Epiplatys grahami

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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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Epiplatys grahami" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ 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.
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Epiplatys grahami: Brief Summary

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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).

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