Cromeria
Appearance
Cromeria | |
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Cromeria nilotica | |
Scientific 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
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Species | |
2 recognized species, see article. |
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
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.