Epiplatys olbrechtsi kassiapleuensis Berkenkamp & Etzel 1977

Gran Béréby
Photo courtesy of Ed Pürzl

Meaning of Name

After the place of origin - Kassiapleu.
First Description

Berkenkamp H.O. & Etzel V. 1977.

Aquarienfische aus der Elfenbeinküste 6. Epiplatys kassiapleuensis spec. nov. aus dem westlichen Hochland.

Aquarienfreund 6 (10): p 187-197, 8 figures, map.
Size

6 cm
Meristics
  • D = 10-13, A = 15-18, D/A = +7-10, ll = 27-29 +1-3 (Berkenkamp & Etzel 1977).
  • D = 11-13, A = 15-17, ll = 29-33 (Romand 1978).
  • D = 10-14, A = 15-18, D/A = +6-10, ll = 28-33 (Romand 1985).
Karyotype

n = 19, A = 38 (Scheel 1981)
Sub-Genus

Epiplatys
Group

fasciolatus
Synonyms
  • Epiplatys kassiapleuensis Berkenkamp & Etzel 1977
  • Epiplatys olbrechtsi kassiapleuensis Etzel & Berkenkamp 1982
  • Aplocheilus kassiapleuensis Scheel 1990
  • Epiplatys species from Man
Populations
  • Bouaké (corrupted spelling - Bourke)
  • Douékoué (corrupted spelling - Duekue)
  • Gran Béréby (western Ivory Coast)
  • Kassiapleu (western Ivory Coast)
  • Siwa
 Douékoué - Known to be in the BKA in 1983 & most likely prior to this. These were collected in the wild by Mr.H.de Bruyn who brought fish into the UK for the BKA convention in the above year.
Type Locality

A brook 2 kms west of Kassiapleu in the Man highlands, western Ivory Coast).

Distribution

Found in the middle & upper Sassandra River drainage area of western Ivory Coast.

http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/homepage/c102/c102mr/epiplaty/kassiapl.htm
Habitat

Small rivers, brooks, streams & swampy areas in rainforest.
Distinguishing Characteristics  
Colour/Pattern Variability  
History

Collected by Dr. V. Etzel at Kassiapleu, southwest Ivory Coast & first described as E.kassiapluensis sp. nov. in Der Aquarienfreund 6 (10): 187-197, 1977.
Breeding Notes

As for E.olbrechtsi olbrechtsi.
Diameter of Egg  
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