Kneria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
Family: | Kneriidae |
Subfamily: | Kneriinae |
Tribe: | Kneriini |
Genus: | Kneria Steindachner, 1866 |
Type species | |
Kneria angolensis Steindachner, 1866
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Kneria is a genus of small fish in the family Kneriidae. All 13 species in this genus are restricted to Africa.
Named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869)[1]
However there is another species, known as the Southern Kneria (Kneria sp. 'South Africa'),[3] occurring only in the headwaters of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the Inkomati River system of South Africa.[4] It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 2007,[3][5] but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.[6]