''Kneria'' is a

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of small

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in the family Kneriidae. All 13 species in this genus are restricted to

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. Named in honor of Austrian

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Rudolf Kner Rudolf Ignaz Kner (24 August 1810 – 27 October 1869) was an Austrian geologist, paleontologist, zoologist and ichthyologist. He also wrote some poems which were published by his brother-in-law K.A. Kaltenbrunner. Biography Kner was bor ...

(1810-1869)

Species

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lists 13 species: * '' Kneria angolensis''

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1866 * '' Kneria ansorgii'' ( Boulenger, 1910) * '' Kneria auriculata'' ( Pellegrin, 1905) (Airbreathing shellear) * '' Kneria katangae''

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, 1976 * '' Kneria maydelli'' Ladiges & Voelker, 1961 (Cunene kneria) * '' Kneria paucisquamata''

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, 1975 * '' Kneria polli'' Trewavas, 1936 (Western shellear) * '' Kneria ruaha''

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, 1995 * '' Kneria rukwaensis''

, 1995 * '' Kneria sjolandersi''

, 1967 * '' Kneria stappersii'' Boulenger, 1915 * '' Kneria uluguru''

, 1995 * '' Kneria wittei''

, 1944 However there is another species, known as the Southern Kneria (''Kneria'' sp. 'South Africa'), occurring only in the

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of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the

Inkomati River The Komati River, also known as the Inkomati River or Incomati River (in Mozambique, from Portuguese Rio Incomati), is a river in South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Originating in north-western Eswatini, it is joined by the Crocodile Ri ...

system of South Africa. It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the

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in 2007, but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.

References

Kneriidae Fish of Africa Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Franz Steindachner Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gonorynchiformes-stub