Kneria

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)

Species
FishBase lists 13 species:


 * Kneria angolensis Steindachner, 1866
 * Kneria ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
 * Kneria auriculata (Pellegrin, 1905) (Airbreathing shellear)
 * Kneria katangae Poll, 1976
 * Kneria maydelli Ladiges & Voelker, 1961 (Cunene kneria)
 * 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'), occurring only in the headwaters of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the Inkomati River system of South Africa. It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 2007, but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.