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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Epiplatys: Greek, epi = over, in front + Greek, platys = flat (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Frans Maria S Olbrechts (1899–1958) was a Belgian philologist and ethnologist who studied at the University of Louvain, Belgium, and at Columbia University, New York (1925–1926 & 1928–1929). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: 5.8 - ?; no migratorio. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468)
Africa: Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. Previously, 5 subspecies were recognized: E. olbrechtsi azureus, E. olbrechtsi dauresi, E. olbrechtsi kassiapleuensis, E. olbrechtsi olbrechtsi, E. olbrechtsi puetzi (Ref. 57261). Reported from Guinea (Ref. 27139).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27139)
Occurs in swamps, small streams and rivers (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Wildekamp, R.H. and J.R. Van der Zee, 2003. Aplocheilidae. p. 325-442 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57261)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00603 (0.00251 - 0.01446), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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