Cromeria

Cromeria is a small genus of fish in the family Kneriidae found in fresh waters in the Sudan, Mali, and Guinea in the Nile and Niger Rivers of Africa. These reach a length of up to 4.4 cm. The currently recognized species are:[2][3]

  • Cromeria nilotica Boulenger, 1901 (naked shellear)
  • Cromeria occidentalis Daget, 1954

Cromeria
Cromeria nilotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Kneriidae
Subfamily: Kneriinae
Tribe: Cromerinii
Genus: Cromeria
Boulenger, 1901[1]
Type species
Cromeria nilotica
Boulnger, 1901
Species

2 recognized species, see article.

References

  1. ITIS.gov
  2. Moritz, T., R. Britz and K.E. Linsenmair 2006. Cromeria nilotica and C. occidentalis, two valid species of the African freshwater fish family Kneriidae (Teleostei: Gonorhynchiformes).
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Cromeria in FishBase. August 2016 version.
  • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. (1998). Catalog of Fishes Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1–3. p. 2905. California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco, USA. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
  • Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.) (1999). Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names.


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