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Epiplatys sexfasciatus
Epiplatys sexfasciatus, the six-barred panchax. is a species of fish in the family Aplocheilidae that can be found in West and Central Africa. The fish is a timid surface dwelling predator. The six-barred panchax is up to 10 cm (4 in) long and closely resembles Epiplatys longiventralis.
This is the type species of the genus Epiplatys and was described by Theodore N. Gill in 1862 with the type locality given as Gabon.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 100191.