Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971

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Nomenclature

Family: Mormyridae

Subfamily: Mormyrinae

Genus:

Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971

Usage:

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Reference:

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 p. 106, 109.

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.

Media

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Illustration of Gnathonemus niger (=Brevimyrus niger) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)

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.

Mormyridae - African weakly electric fishes

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Mormyridae

Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971

Primary tabs

Nomenclature

Media

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Illustration of Gnathonemus niger (=Brevimyrus niger) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)

SUMMARY

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Mormyridae

Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971

Primary tabs

Nomenclature

Media

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Illustration of Gnathonemus niger (=Brevimyrus niger) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Brevimyrus niger female, 100mm SL, small stream near Gambella, Ethiopia

Illustration of Gnathonemus niger (=Brevimyrus niger) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)

SUMMARY