Cromeria Explained

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:^[1]

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

References

• 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. .
• Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.) (1999). Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names.

Notes and References

1. 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).