The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·91030GenusActinopterygii13 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Ray-finned Fishes
  5. ›Carps, Characins, Catfishes and Allies
  6. ›Catfishes
  7. ›Siluroidei
  8. ›Loach Catfishes
  9. ›Slim Loach Catfishes
Phractura
Plate 1 of 1. (c) joe_cutler，保留部分权利（CC BY-NC） · via iNaturalist

Phractura

Phractura is a genus of loach catfishes (order Siluriformes) that occur in Africa.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species

Phractura brevicauda

speciesPhractura brevicauda

Phractura longicauda

speciesPhractura longicauda

Phractura gladysae

speciesPhractura gladysae

Phractura macrura

speciesPhractura macrura

Phractura stiassny

speciesPhractura stiassny

Phractura scaphyrhynchura

speciesPhractura scaphyrhynchura

Phractura tenuicauda

speciesPhractura tenuicauda

Phractura lindica

speciesPhractura lindica

Phractura intermedia

speciesPhractura intermedia

Phractura fasciata

speciesPhractura fasciata

African Whiptail Catfish

speciesPhractura ansorgii

Phractura bovei

speciesPhractura bovei

Phractura clauseni

speciesPhractura clauseni

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Phractura in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91030.