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Scientific Name Phractura macrura  Poll, 1967     
Common Name(s) None
Pronunciation frak TWO rah
Etymology Phractura: From the Greek phraktos, meaning fenced in and oura, meaning tail; in reference to the bony plates enclosing the slender caudal peduncle. 
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Size 91mm (3.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: southern tributaries of the Kasai (middle Congo River basin) in Angola, including the Cuango, Uamba and Cuilo.
African Waters Show it on a map , Congo, Kasai (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
African Waters Show it on a map , Congo, Kasai, Kwango (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
African Waters Show it on a map , Congo, Kasai, Uamba (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
African Waters Show it on a map , Congo, Kasai, Cuilo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
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Breeding Unreported.
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Registered Keepers None. Add this species to your My Cats species list Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports None.
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Last Update 2010 Jan 28 13:41 (species record created: 2010 Jan 27 16:18)

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