Phractura clauseni

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Phractura clauseni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Genus: Phractura
Species:
P. clauseni
Binomial name
Phractura clauseni
Daget & Stauch, [1] 1963

Phractura clauseni is a species of catfish in the genus Phractura that lives in freshwater rivers across West Africa. [2] It is named in honor of Danish ichthyologist Herluf Stenholt Clausen. [3]

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References

  1. "Phractura clauseni summary page". FishBase . Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. "Phractura clauseni summary page". FishBase . Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  3. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. "Order SILURIFORMES". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 2020-01-30.