Kneria
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Kneria angolensis.jpg
| taxon = Kneria
| display_parents = 3
| authority = Steindachner, 1866
| type_species = Kneria angolensis
| type_species_authority = Steindachner, 1866{{Cof family|family=Kneriidae|access-date=25 November 2024}}
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Angola | Myers, 1928
| Xenopomichthys | Pellegrin, 1905
}}
}}
Kneria is a genus of small fish in the family Kneriidae. All the species in this genus are restricted to Africa.
Named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869){{Cite web| url=http://www.etyfish.org/gonorynchiformes/| title = Order GONORYNCHIFORMES| work = The ETYFish Project|date = 3 May 2013}}
Species
The following species are included in this genus:{{Cof genus|genus=Kneria|access-date=25 November 2024}}
- 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'),{{cite web | title=Kneria spp. |author= Glenn, C. R.| website=Earth's Endangered Creatures | date=1 January 2016 | url=http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?sp=3400 | access-date=30 December 2021}} occurring only in the headwaters of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the Inkomati River system of South Africa.{{cite web | title=Kneria sp nov south africa| website=Red List of South African Species| publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) | url=http://speciesstatus.sanbi.org/assessment/last-assessment/115/ | access-date=30 December 2021}} It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 2007,{{cite book| url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-68-003.pdf| title=The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Southern Africa| first1=W.R.T.|last1=Darwall|first2= K.G. |last2=Smith|first3= D. |last3=Tweddle |first4= P. |last4=Skelton| date=2009 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and SAIAB| isbn=978-2-8317-1126-3}} but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.{{cite journal | author1=Roux, F. |author2= Hoffman, A. |date= 2017| title= Kneria sp. nov. 'South Africa'. | page=|doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T63389A100190543.en |doi-access= free }}
References
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Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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