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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

Cromeria
Cromeria nilotica
Scientific classification
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
Species
2 recognized species, see article.

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. 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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