| Brachygenys | |
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| Brachygenys chrysargyrea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Brachygenys Poey, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Haemulon taeniatum Poey, 1860 | |
| Synonyms | |
Brachygenys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to the family Haemulidae. The species within the genus are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western Atlantic Ocean. It is not yet recognised by Fishbase but is by the Catalog of Fishes.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus Brachygenys:
- Brachygenys californiensis (Steindachner, 1875) (California salema)
- Brachygenys chrysargyrea (Gũnther, 1860) (Smallmouth grunt)
- Brachygenys jessiae Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Black-striped salema)
- Brachygenys peruanus (Hildebrand, 1856)
Systematics
The type species of Brachygenys is Haemulon chrysargyreum which as H. taeniatum was described by the Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey (1799-1891) but that taxon is a junior synonym of H. chrysargyreum. Fishbase still places H. chrysargyreum in the genus Haemulon, molecular studies now suggest that Haemulon sensu lato is paraphyletic because H. chrysargyreum clustered with Xenistius californiensis, rendering Haemulon as paraphyletic if Xenistius was not included. The genus Brachygenys Poey, 1868 was revived to include the species listed above.
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brachygenys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Haemulon". FishBase. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Tavera, J.J.P; A.A., Balart; E.F.; et al. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of grunts (Teleostei, Haemulidae), with an emphasis on the ecology, evolution, and speciation history of New World species". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (57): 57. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-57. PMC 3472276. PMID 22537107.
- Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.
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