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Phractura
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Phractura

Phractura is a genus of loach catfishes (order Siluriformes) that occur in Africa.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species

Phractura brevicauda

speciesPhractura brevicauda

Phractura longicauda

speciesPhractura longicauda

Phractura gladysae

speciesPhractura gladysae

Phractura intermedia

speciesPhractura intermedia

Phractura lindica

speciesPhractura lindica

Phractura scaphyrhynchura

speciesPhractura scaphyrhynchura

Phractura clauseni

speciesPhractura clauseni

African Whiptail Catfish

speciesPhractura ansorgii

Phractura bovei

speciesPhractura bovei

Phractura fasciata

speciesPhractura fasciata

Phractura macrura

speciesPhractura macrura

Phractura stiassny

speciesPhractura stiassny

Phractura tenuicauda

speciesPhractura tenuicauda

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91030.