Species that contain: Epiplatys and chevalieri [ 2 ] records

chevalieri, Haplochilus Pellegrin [J.] 1904:222 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 10 (no. 5); ref. 15194] Brazzaville, Congo River, 4°16'S, 5°17'E, Republic of Congo. Syntypes: MNHN 1904-0062 (3). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:20 [ref. 19576]. •Valid as Aplocheilus chevalieri (Pellegrin 1904) -- (Radda 1980:4 [ref. 31297]). •Valid as Epiplatys chevalieri (Pellegrin 1904), subspecies chevalieri (Pellegrin 1904) -- (Lazara 2001:103 [ref. 25711], van der Zee et al. 2013:414 [ref. 32829], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[10] 709 [ref. 38315], Stiassny et al. 2021:1688 [ref. 39000]). •Valid as Epiplatys chevalieri (Pellegrin 1904) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:248 [ref. 6198], Wildekamp 1996:46 [ref. 23649], Seegers 1997:16 [ref. 23895], Huber 2024:29 [ref. 41036]). Current status: Valid as Epiplatys chevalieri (Pellegrin 1904). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River system (Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.

nigricans, Haplochilus Boulenger [G. A.] 1913:160 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 2 (fasc. 2); ref. 14944] Dungu, at the Kibali-Dungu River junction, 3°37'N, 28°34'E, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1912.12.6.15 (1), MRAC 1801-02 (1, 1). •Synonym of Epiplatys chevalieri (Pellegrin 1904), but a valid subspecies nigricans (Boulenger 1913) -- (Wildekamp 1996:49 [ref. 23649], Lazara 2001:103 [ref. 25711], van der Zee et al. 2013:414 [ref. 32829]). •Valid as Epiplatys nigricans (Boulenger 1913) -- (Huber 2024:30 [ref. 41036]). Current status: Valid as Epiplatys nigricans (Boulenger 1913). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Central Africa: upper Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo And Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.