Banded Epiplatys
Epiplatys fasciolatus
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A killifish from northwestern Africa (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia), from coastal rivers, brooks and swamps, both in savanna and under forest.
- Scientific name
- Epiplatys fasciolatus
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aplocheilus fasciolatus, Epiplatys dorsalis, Epiplatys fasciolatus fasciolatus, Epiplatys fasciolatus huwaldi, Epiplatys fasciolatus olbrechtsi, Epiplatys fasciolatus tototaensis, Epiplatys fasciolatus zimiensis, Epiplatys huwaldi, Epiplatys leonensis, Epiplatys matlocki, Epiplatys olbrechtsi, Epiplatys senegalensis, Epiplatys sexfasciatus, Epiplatys sexfasciatus leonensis, Epiplatys zimiensis
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 20–27 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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