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
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| Cromeria nilotica | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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2 recognized species, see article. | |
References
edit- ^ ITIS.gov
- ^ 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).
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cromeria". 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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