The external anatomy and osteology of Epiplatys sexfasciatusis described. The distribution of twelve characters of fin placement, the jaws, and hyobranchial apparatus, across ten species of Epiplatina, and an outgroup, is described. Four further characters defined the monotypic genera Aphyoplatys and Pseudepiplatys. Phylogenetic analysis using PAUP software was largely uninformative, whilean UPGMA analysis proposed the hierarchy of relationships to be (Aphyoplatys, Pseudepiplatys), ((Callo-panchina), ((Epiplatys sexfasciatus, E. singa, ((E. sangmelinensis, E. spilargyreius), (E. bifasciatus, E. dageti, E. fasciolatus, E. multifasciatus)))). The possible influence of paedomorphism on these analyses is discussed.