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Scientific Name Phractura fasciata  Boulenger, 1920
Common Name
Type Locality Stanley [Boyoma] Falls, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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 125mm or 4.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Down Habitat Information
Distribution Africa: Congo River system.
African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba, Boyama Falls (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Down Husbandry Information
Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér. C (Zoologie) (Sér. 1) v. 2 (fasc. 4), pp 34, Fig. 18.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 28 13:38 (species record created: 2010 Aug 13 13:41)