The molecule of the title compound, [Hg(C(13)H(9)N(2)O(2)S)(2)], has approximate twofold rotation symmetry, with the Hg atom in an essentially linear two-coordinate HgS(2) environment supported by secondary pi interactions with the nitrophenyl rings of both ligands. The ligands are in the imine-thiolate rather than the amine-thione tautomeric form.