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Scientific Name	**Phractura scaphyrhynchura** (Vaillant, 1886)
Common Name
Type Locality	Diélé, on Akaina River, French Congo.
Synonym(s)	Doumea scaphirhynchus, Doumea scaphyrhynchura, Peltura scaphyrhynchura, Phractura scaphyrhychura
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	150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Ogowe and Congo River systems. African Waters, Gabon Waters, Ogowe (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , 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	series 3: v. 23 (no. 1)], pp revue hebdomadaire illustrée (Revue rose), éd. par Jean Duhem. v. 38.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.24.125.1988
Last Update	2025 Jan 02 00:46 (species record created: 2008 May 17 03:31)