Brienomyrus

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

Brienomyrus
Brienomyrus longianalis
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

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 Pauly, Daniel, 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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