Epiplatys sp. CPCCA 2019

Epiplatys sp. CPCCA 2019

During a trip to Congo in 2019, Laurent Chirio, Christophe Aubin and myself in the greater Mayombe forest, discovered a new species of Epiplatys was found, which today delights many European killifish fans.

After the trip, Christophe Aubin and I both bred them and distributed two population names: Epiplatys sp "COCCA 2019-09 Boumayombi" and Epiplatys sp "COCCA 2019-10 Nyanga".

It should be pointed out however, that these two populations are almost certainly the same because they occupy same small hydrographic basin. They were collected only 600 meters apart, in two very small rivers flowing in the same direction. That of collection point 09 joined another small river which collection point 10 probably also joined." - Christian CAUVET, 2023, FB.

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Boumayombi
Epiplatys species COCCA 2019-09 from Boumayombi, Congo.
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Nyanga
Epiplatys species COCCA 2019-10 from Nyanga, Congo.
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Ississa
Epiplatys species COCCA 2019-14 from Ississa, Congo.







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