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Scientific Name Phractura macrura  Poll, 1967
Common Name
Type Locality Caungula, Cassange River, tributary of Uamba River, Angola, 8°07'S, 18°09'E.
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. 
Down Species Information
Size 91mm or 3.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Uamba and Cuilo Rivers, southern tributaries of Kasai, Congo River system, Angola.
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Kwango (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Uamba (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Cuilo (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 Publicações Culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (DIAMANG), Lisboa No. 75, pp 269, Fig. 129.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 28 15:03 (species record created: 2010 Jan 27 16:18)