Cromeria

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Cromeria is a small genus of fish in the family Kneriidae found in fresh waters in the Sudan, Mali, and Guinea in the Nile and Niger Rivers of Africa. These reach a length of up to 4.4 cm. The currently recognized species are:[2][3]

  • Cromeria nilotica Boulenger, 1901 (naked shellear)
  • Cromeria occidentalis Daget, 1954
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Cromeria
Cromeria nilotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Anotophysi
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Kneriidae
Genus: Cromeria
Boulenger, 1901[1]
Type species
Cromeria nilotica
Boulenger, 1901
Species

2 recognized species, see article.

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