After M. Lamotte who collected the species.

Daget J. 1954.

Les Poissons du Niger supérieur.

Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (IFAN) 36: p 317-318, figure 20.

7 cm

• D = 11-13, A = 16-17, ll = 31-33 (Daget 1954)
• D = 10-12, A = 14-17, D/A = +7-8, ll = 28-31 (Scheel 1968)

Epiplatys

fasciolatus

• Epiplatys fasciolatus lamottei Daget 1954
• Epiplatys lamottei Poernomo 1967
• Aplocheilus lamottei Radda 1971

• Koulé GRC 90 / 178
• N'Zérékoré
• Salayea (northern Liberia)
• Zorzor

Simandou, southestern Guinea.

Southestern corner of Guinea extending into northern Liberia. They inhabit the upper Niger River (Guinea), the upper Lofa, Saint John & Saint Paul River drainage systems (Guinea & Liberia).

http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/homepage/c102/c102mr/epiplaty/lamottei.htm

Small streams & brooks.

Daget described this species in 1954 from 22 specimens collected in the area of a range of small hills situated between the Milo & Sankarani Rivers, Upper Niger drainage. The point of collected of the type specimens being Simandou.

In 1964 Herold Olsen collected this species ( 7 males & 6 females ) near N'Zérégoré, High Guinée. This location is 140 km from the type locality..

I have kept this species on a number of occasions & found them fairly easy, laying eggs in floating mops mainly which were taken out & incubated in a seperate container. I found better results from using rainwater with a little salt. The tank was placed in full daylight with a good growth of floating plants. Water incubation takes 12-15 days. Growth rate of the young fish is quite fast with sexual maturity being attained around 5-6 months.

However.....We have kept populations which breed in hard water. These were bought at auction without any population mark. It would appear that this (& perhaps other Epiplatys species) are very different in their ways of reproduction. It could be the manner in which they were raised as these were obtained through open auction.