Occurs in small brooks and swamps in the delta of the Niger and Cross River in southeastern Nigeria 

     BREEDING INFORMATION:

Little information is available on this species.

References:

Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d’Ichtyologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)

Fishbase:   https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Epiplatys-biafranus.html

Species
Epiplatys barmoiensis

Epiplatys: from the Greek ἐπί (epí), meaning ‘above, on top of’, and πλατύς (platýs), meaning ‘flat, broad’, in reference to the flat dorsal surface of the anterior half of the body in members of this genus.

biafranus:  From Biafra