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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.
Species Information
Size	91mm or 3.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
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) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Publicações Culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (DIAMANG), Lisboa No. 75, pp 269, Fig. 129.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 28 15:03 (species record created: 2010 Jan 27 16:18)