dorsalis, Epiplatys Mayer [F.] (ex Ahl) 1936:257, Fig. 2 [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 33 (no. 17); ref. 19988] Old Calabar, southeastern Nigeria [but locality questioned]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 21028. Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:158 [ref. 19981]. Also appeared as new in Ahl 1938:54, Fig. 3 [ref. 17128]. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:93 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Epiplatys fasciolatus (Günther 1866) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:251 [ref. 6198], Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:636 [ref. 21590], Wildekamp 1996:61 [ref. 23649]). •Synonym of Epiplatys fasciolatus (Günther 1866), subspecies fasciolatus (Günther 1866) -- (Lazara 2001:106 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Epiplatys fasciolatus (Günther 1866). Nothobranchiidae. Habitat: freshwater.