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Amphiliidae
Phractura brevicauda
Phractura brevicauda
Eight Point Five Centimeters Amphiliid Fish from African Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallPhractura brevicauda is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 8.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Amphiliidae
- Genus
- Phractura
- Maximum length
- 8.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: coastal rivers north of Ogowe River to Loeme River, including the Muni, Komo, Kouilou and Nyanga systems (Ref. 81646 ). Also in the coastal river Kribi/Kienké and the Lobi (Dja drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Cameroon, and in the lower Congo River basin (Ref. 78218 ). Report from the Kasai (Ref. 41591 ) needs verification.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
