Peltura
| Phractura | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amphiliidae |
| Subfamily: | Doumeinae |
| Genus: |
Phractura Boulenger, 1900 |
| Type species | |
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Peltura bovei Perugia, 1892 |
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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.
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
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