Brienomyrus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala
Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha
Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Brienomyrus
Species (13): B. adustus – B. batesii – B. brachyistius – B. curvifrons – B. hopkinsi – B. ivindoensis – B. jacksoni – B. kingsleyae – B. longianalis – B. longicaudatus – B. niger – B. sphekodes – B. tavernei
Name

Brienomyrus Taverne, 1971
Gender: masculine
Type species: Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862
Type by original designation

References

Taverne, L. (1971): Note sur la systématique des poissons Mormyriformes. Le problème des genres Gnathonemus Gill, Marcusenius Gill, Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, Cyphomyrus Myers et les nouveaux genres Pollimyrus et Brienomyrus. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 84 (1-2): 99–110.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Brienomyrus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Brienomyrus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS

Brienomyrus longianalis

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) (baby whale fish, baby whale mormyrid)
Brienomyrus longianalis (Boulenger 1901)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Brienomyrus in FishBase. May 2018 version.
"Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.