Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Ostariophysi
Ordo: Gonorynchiformes
Familia: Kneriidae
Genera: Cromeria - Grasseichthys - Kneria - Parakneria
References
* Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
The Kneriidae are a small family of freshwater gonorhynchiform fishes native to Africa.
They typically live in fast-flowing highland streams, and are small fish, no more than 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length. Some species are sexually dimorphic, with the male possessing a rosette on the gill covers that is absent in the females. Other species are neotenic, retaining larval features into adulthood.[1]
Classification
There are about thirty species in four genera:[2]
Family Kneriidae
* Genus Cromeria
o Cromeria nilotica - Naked shellear
o Cromeria occidentalis
* Genus Grasseichthys
o Grasseichthys gabonensis
* Genus Kneria
o Kneria angolensis
o Kneria ansorgii
o Kneria auriculata - Airbreathing shellear
o Kneria katangae
o Kneria maydelli - Cunene kneria
o Kneria paucisquamata
o Kneria polli - Western shellear
o Kneria ruaha
o Kneria rukwaensis
o Kneria sjolandersi
o neria stappersii
o Kneria uluguru
o Kneria wittei
* Genus Parakneria
o Parakneria abbreviata
o Parakneria cameronensis
o Parakneria damasi
o Parakneria fortuita - Cubango kneria
o Parakneria kissi
o Parakneria ladigesi
o Parakneria lufirae
o Parakneria malaissei
o Parakneria marmorata
o Parakneria mossambica - Gorongoza kneria
o Parakneria spekii
o Parakneria tanzaniae
o Parakneria thysi
o Parakneria vilhenae
References
1. ^ Banister, Keith F. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Kneriidae" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
