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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:

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderGonorynchiformes
  5. FamilyKneriidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Kneriidae
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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: 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.

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