Epiplatys mesogramma Huber 1980
| Meaning of Name |
Refers to the half banded pattern on the sides. |
| First Description |
Huber J.H. 1980. Contribution à l'étude de la morpho-espéce Epiplatys multifasciatus, ébauche systematique et description de Epiplatys phoeniceps n. sp. Killi Revue 7 (2) Supplement: p 1-18, 3 figures, map (Killi Club de France). |
| Size |
5.5 cm |
| Meristics |
D = 9-10, A = 15-17, D/A = +9-11, ll = 27-28 +2 (Huber 1980) probably from the collection of Gaudemard in May 1977. |
| Karyotype |
n = 24, A = 24 (Scheel 1981) |
| Sub-Genus |
Epiplatys |
| Group |
chevalieri clade |
| Synonyms |
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Populations
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KCF 6 - The holotype & paratypes were collected in a tributary of a river, leaving Pisa to rejoin the Mbaika - Mongoumba road, Republic of Central Africa. |
| Type Locality |
A 'small stream along the Mbaiki to Mongoumba road, south of Bangui, Central African Republic'. |
| Distribution |
The Oubangui River drainage system in southwestern Central African Republic. http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/homepage/c102/c102mr/epiplaty/mesogram.htm |
| Habitat |
Collected in a brook which crossed a side road from Pisa which joins the Mbaiki-Moujoumba road in east Central African Republic by Gaudemard in May 1977.Rainforest streams, brooks & small rivers where they are found under overhanging vegetation at the biotopes edge. |
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| History |
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| Breeding Notes |
Reportedly an easy species to breed. Eggs are laid in top mops. Water incubation takes about 14 days. |
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