Refers to the blue (azure) colouration on the body.

Berkenkamp H.O. & Etzel V. 1983.

Epiplatys azureus spec. nov., eine neue Hechtlingsart aus Liberia (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae).

DATZ 36 (4): p 134-139, 5 figures, map.

68·5 mm (holotype - original description).

D - 12-14, A = 16-17, D/A = +7-8, ll = 29-31 (+2-4)(Berkenkamp & Etzel 1983).

Epiplatys

fasciolatus

• Epiplatys azureus Berkenkamp & Etzel 1983
• Epiplatys olbrechtsi azureus Radda & Pürzl 1987
• Epiplatys azurus Scheel 1990

• Tapeta (20 km north of, central Liberia)(type locality)
• Yréah

500 metres north of Yreah, situated approximately 20 km north of Tapeta, central Liberia. Collected in a water course 40 cm wide & 10 cm deep.

Restricted to east-central Liberia in the upper Gwen River system which drains into the Cestos River.

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

Swampy perimeters of creeks & small rivers in rainforested areas. The type locality was a shallow water course completely shaded by trees of a rubber plantation. The water was brown, containing rotting branches & fallen leaves, pH 6, DH less than 1°

Collected by Dr.V.Etzel on the 27th July 1978 500 metres north of Yreah.

Not often seen in the hobby but presumed to be similar to E.olbrechtsi olbrechtsi.