Toothed carp
Epiplatys chaperi
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A killifish from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo, from shallow brooks and rivers. It reaches about 6 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Epiplatys chaperi
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aplocheilus chaperi, Epiplatys chaperi chaperi, Epiplatys chaperi schreiberi, Epiplatys chaperi sheljuzhkoi, Epiplatys chaperi spillmanni, Epiplatys infrafasciatus, Epiplatys macrostigma, Epiplatys sexfasciatus, Epiplatys sheljuzhkoi, Epiplatys spillmanni, Haplochilus chaperi, Haplochilus sexfasciatus, Panchax chaperi, Panchax sexfasciatus
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Near threatened (NT)
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