The Phractura stiassny lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.
and Phractura stiassny, described from a single specimen with a unique pair of neural spines before the dorsal fin from the Nyanga River in Gabon. More
Phractura stiassny is named after Melanie Stiassny, Curatrix of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. More