Brachygenys

Brachygenys
	Brachygenys chrysargyrea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Haemulidae
Subfamily:	Haemulinae
Genus:	Brachygenys; Poey, 1868
Type species
	Haemulon taeniatum; Poey, 1860[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Xenistius Jordan & Gilbert, 1883; Xenocys Jordan & Bollman, 1890;

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:[2]

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,[3] 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.[4] The genus Brachygenys Poey, 1868 was revived to include the species listed above.[5]

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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Haemulon in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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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[CofF-1] 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.

[CofF2-2] 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.

[Fishbase-3] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Haemulon in FishBase. April 2006 version.

[Tavera-4] 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.

[Parenti-5] Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.