WoRMS taxon details
Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862)
279990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279990)
accepted
Species
Brienomyrus brachyhistius (Gill, 1862) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Mormyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862) · unaccepted
Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894 · unaccepted
Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
(of Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 134-139. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279990 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 134-139. [details]
original description (of Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894) Steindachner, F. (1894). Die Fische Liberia's. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> v. 16 (nos 1-2, art. 1): 1-96, Pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894) Steindachner, F. (1894). Die Fische Liberia's. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> v. 16 (nos 1-2, art. 1): 1-96, Pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mormyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brienomyrus brachyistius)
To Fishbase (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mormyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862))
To FishBase images (Brienomyrus brachyistius, by JJPhoto)
To GenBank (97412 nucleotides; 62357 proteins)
To GenBank (97412 nucleotides; 62357 proteins) (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122614) (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To NHMUK collection (Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3119989) (from synonym Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894)
To NHMUK collection (Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3117469) (from synonym Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mormyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brienomyrus brachyistius)
To Fishbase (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mormyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862))
To FishBase images (Brienomyrus brachyistius, by JJPhoto)
To GenBank (97412 nucleotides; 62357 proteins)
To GenBank (97412 nucleotides; 62357 proteins) (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122614) (from synonym Marcusenius brachyistius Gill, 1862)
To NHMUK collection (Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3119989) (from synonym Mormyrus liberiensis Steindachner, 1894)
To NHMUK collection (Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3117469) (from synonym Mormyrus microcephalus Günther, 1867)
To ITIS
