Epiplatys cashneri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamilia: Epiplatinae
Genus: Epiplatys
Species: Epiplatys cashneri

Name

Epiplatys cashneri Pezold, Ford & Schmidt, 2021

Holotype: AMNH 277084.

Paratypes: AMNH 277085 (19), AMNH 277086 (27), AMNH 277087 (20), BMNH 2020.10.5.1-16 (16), MNHN 2020-0471 (16), MNHN 2020-0472 (9), USNM 451513 (10), USNM 451514 (5).

Type locality: Liberia, Sinoe County, Dugbe River Basin, Metennee Creek South of Tuzon at WT 06, 5.090216°N, 8.4943°W.

Etymology: The species is named after the late Robert Charles Cashner, a mentor and teacher to the first author and a friend to many. A recognized authority on North American freshwater fishes, his legacy also includes descriptions of two killifish species from North America and at least two students of African fishes (the first author and Hank Bart, Tulane University) who in turn have mentored another, the third author.

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