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Undescribed but clearly different from specimens collected near the type locality for K. auriculata in Mozambique (voucher specimen held by the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)). The Kneria sp nov South Africa population exists in a small geographic range near Lydenberg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Freshwater (=Inland waters)

The species is restricted in its distribution and shows a preference for pools with a rocky bottom in cool, clear water of slow flowing streams (Kleynhans 1988). The mean flow velocity of water entering these pools were found to be 0.12 m/sec-1 with a mean width of 2.4 m and a mean depth of 0.7 m (Kleynhans 1988). The substrate consist of stones and pebbles which are usually covered with “aufwuchs” (algae and diatoms). This species breeds during summer from October until April and the fecundity varies from 700 to 1500 ova. According to Kleynhans (1984) this species is probably a fractual spawner.

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