Epiplatys fasciolatus 
What's in a name?
One of the most challenging things about Killifish keeping is actually keeping up with the name changes!
The name sexfasciatus is referring to the 6 dark bars that are found on the body of the fish.
Epiplatys sexfasciatus
by Serkan Alasya
This month the killifish in focus is Epiplatys sexfasciatus. This is a species that has been around in the Australian hobby for sometime. As with all Epiplatys species it is a surface dweller.
I have received two pairs of the below photographed sexfasciatus in mid '90ies. Kept and maintained and distributed the progeny when I was alerted that I was possibly the only person keeping the fish going at the time. Unfortunately the below fish now appear to have disappeared from the aquarium hobby in Australia; I hope I am wrong.
The above photographed sexfasciatus was imported by a Sydney store in late '06. Unfortunately many if not all of the fish were males. Again I hope I am wrong and someone is breeding this fish.
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Breeding To breed sexfasciatus floating breeding mops is all that is needed. Usual set-ups include a single pair in a tank. I have also successfully bred the species in groups as well. Check the mops regularly. The egg are usual found close to the knot on the mop. Our member Trevor used to have a very mature pair almost 11cm long or more that used to ignore thir fry in the tank. Fry are straight forward to raise. The larger fry will feed on the smaller ones though |
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