Brienomyrus

Brienomyrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Brienomyrus
Taverne, 1971
Type species
Marcusenius brachyistius
T. N. Gill, 1862

Brienomyrus is a genus of small elephantfish in the family Mormyridae from Africa.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Brienomyrus adustus (Fowler 1936)
  • Brienomyrus brachyistius (T. N. Gill 1862) (whale African black reg)
  • Brienomyrus longianalis (Boulenger 1901) (Niger delta elephantfish)

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Brienomyrus in FishBase. May 2018 version.
  2. ↑ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.


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