Brienomyrus
Brienomyrus longianalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Usually available in the pet trade, these fish are commercially referred to as baby whales or baby whalefish.

Species

There are currently three 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.


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