Kneria is a genus of small fish in the family Kneriidae. All 13 species in this genus are restricted to Africa.
Named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869)
Species
FishBase lists 13 species:
Kneria angolensis Steindachner, 1866
Kneria ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) Kneria auriculata (Pellegrin, 1905) (Airbreathing shellear) Kneria katangae Poll, 1976 Kneria maydelli Ladiges & Voelker, 1961 (Cunene kneria) Kneria paucisquamata Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1975 Kneria polli Trewavas, 1936 (Western shellear) Kneria ruaha Seegers, 1995 Kneria rukwaensis Seegers, 1995 Kneria sjolandersi Poll, 1967 Kneria stappersii Boulenger, 1915 Kneria uluguru Seegers, 1995 Kneria wittei Poll, 1944
However there is another species, known as the Southern Kneria (Kneria sp. 'South Africa'), occurring only in the headwaters of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the Inkomati River system of South Africa. It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 2007, but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.