Phractura
ansorgii
Boulenger, 1901 |
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These catfish commonly
known as 'African Whiptails' tends to ratify the theory that the
two great continents of the America's and Africa where at one time,
one great mass of land as they look on first glance to be superficially
like South American Whiptails, such as from the Rineloricaria/Hemiloricaria
genus. These catfish inhabit fast flowing waters and spend a lot
of their time clinging to aquatic leaves and if you provide long
stemmed plants, such as Vallisneria for instance, you will see this
habit. To keep this species and other members of this African hillstream
family you will have to provide a well oxygenated planted aquarium
and keep up your water changes as they are not as hardy as the South
American equivalents. |
| Common
Name: |
African
Whiptailed Catfish |
| Synonyms: |
Phractura
ansorgei, Phractura intermedia. |
| Family: |
Amphiliidaeblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
Lower Niger River. Type
locality: Agberi [Nigeria]. |
| Size:
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9.0.cm
( 3¾ins) |
| Temp: |
20-24°c
(67-75°f
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| p.H. |
6.5 -7.2. |
| Reference: |
ScotCat Factsheet
no.59. May 2001.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of
siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
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Family:
Amphiliidae
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Phractura ansorgii
Female
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 Phractura
ansorgii
Male
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