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Kneria

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Kneria
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Kneria is a genus of small fish in the family Kneriidae. All the species in this genus are restricted to Africa.

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Named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869)[2]

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Species

The following species are inclided in this genus:[3]

  • Kneria angolensis Steindachner, 1866
  • Kneria ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Kneria auriculata (Pellegrin, 1905) (Airbreathing shellear)
  • Kneria katangae Poll, 1976
  • Kneria luansaensis Kalumba, Abwe, Schedel, Manda, Schliewen & Vreven, 2023
  • Kneria maydelli Ladiges & Voelker, 1961 (Cunene kneria)
  • Kneria maxi Kalumba, Abwe, Schedel, Manda, Schliewen & Vreven, 2023
  • Kneria paucisquamata Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1975
  • Kneria polli Trewavas, 1936 (Western shellear)
  • Kneria ruaha Seegers, 1995
  • Kneria rukwaensis Seegers, 1995
  • Kneria sjolandersi Poll, 1967
  • Kneria stappersii Boulenger, 1915
  • Kneria uluguru Seegers, 1995
  • Kneria wittei Poll, 1944

However there is another species, known as the Southern Kneria (Kneria sp. 'South Africa'),[4] occurring only in the headwaters of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the Inkomati River system of South Africa.[5] It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 2007,[4][6] but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.[7]

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