sheljuzhkoi, Epiplatys Poll [M.] 1953:262, Fig. 1 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 48 (pts 3-4); ref. 12714] Near Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MRAC 88278. Paratypes: MRAC 88279 (1). Type catalog: Wildekamp et al. 1986:247 [ref. 6198], Derijst 1991:40 [ref. 21528]. •Synonym of Epiplatys chaperi (Sauvage 1882) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:247 [ref. 6198]). •Synonym of Epiplatys chaperi (Sauvage 1882), but a valid subspecies sheljuzhkoi Poll 1953 -- (Huber 1982:63 [ref. 20638], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:629 [ref. 21590], Wildekamp 1996:41 [ref. 23649], Dankwa et al. 1999:43 [ref. 28023], Lazara 2001:103 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Epiplatys chaperi (Sauvage 1882). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Ivory Coast, West Africa (this subspecies). Habitat: freshwater.