Kneria is a genus of small fish in the family Kneriidae.

All the species in this genus are restricted to Africa.

Named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869)[2] The following species are inclided in this genus:[3] However there is another species, known as the Southern Kneria (Kneria sp.

'South Africa'),[4] occurring only in the headwaters of a few tributaries of the Crocodile River, in the Inkomati River system of South Africa.

[5] It was initially declared a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 2007,[4][6] but it was reassessed in 30 November 2016 as Endangered.