Kneria
Genus of fishes
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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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Anotophysi |
| Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
| Family: | Kneriidae |
| Genus: | Kneria Steindachner, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Kneria angolensis Steindachner, 1866[1] | |
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Named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869)[2]
Species
The following species are included 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]
