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Mormyridae
Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971
Nomenclature
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Family: MormyridaeSubfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus:
Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type material:
Masc. Type species: Mormyrus niger Günther, 1866. Type by monotypy. Introduced as a subgenus of Brienomyrus Taverne. Gosse (1984) and Hopkins et al. (2007) recognize as a genus.
SUMMARY
Taverne (1971) placed Mormyrus niger Günther in genus Brienomyrus Taverne and established Brevimyrus as a monospecific subgenus of Brienomyrus for this species. Bigorne (2003) elevated the subgenus to full generic status. B. niger remains the only species placed in Brevimyrus.