Kingdom Animalia Family Amphiliidae Scientific name Phractura Rank Genus | Class Actinopterygii Subfamily Doumeinae Phylum Chordata Order Catfish | |
Similar Loach catfish, Amphilius, Synodontis acanthomias, Synodontis alberti, Olenus |
Phractura is a genus of loach catfishes (order Siluriformes) that occur in Africa.
Phractura species are elongated fish with a long caudal peduncle and bony scutes on the sides, back, and belly. Phractura species are often associated with vegetation. Phractura species, like other genera in Doumeinae, have a mouth modified into a suckermouth that allows it to clean to the objects and scrape the surface of the substrate.
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
References
Phractura Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA