# Brachygenys

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Brachygenys Brachygenys chrysargyrea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acanthuriformes 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](/source/Genus) of marine [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish), [grunts](/source/Haemulidae) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Haemulidae](/source/Haemulidae). The species within the genus are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western Atlantic Ocean.

## Species

The following species are classified within the genus *Brachygenys*:[2]

- *[Brachygenys californiensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brachygenys_californiensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Steindachner](/source/Franz_Steindachner), 1875) (California salema)

- *[Brachygenys chrysargyrea](/source/Brachygenys_chrysargyrea)* ([Gũnther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1860) (Smallmouth grunt)

- *[Brachygenys jessiae](/source/Brachygenys_jessiae)* Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Black-striped salema)

- *[Brachygenys peruana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brachygenys_peruana&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Hildebrand](/source/Samuel_F._Hildebrand), 1856)

## Systematics

*[Brachygenys californiensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brachygenys_californiensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (formerly in *Xenistius*)

The type species of *Brachygenys* is *Haemulon chrysargyreum* which as *H. taeniatum* was described by the [Cuban](/source/Cuban_people) [zoologist](/source/Zoologist) Felipe Poey (1799-1891) but that taxon is a [junior synonym](/source/Junior_synonym) of *H. chrysargyreum*. [Fishbase](/source/Fishbase) still places *H. chrysargyreum* in the genus *Haemulon*,[3] molecular studies now suggest that *Haemulon* *[sensu lato](/source/Sensu_lato)* is paraphyletic because *H. chrysargyreum* clustered with *[Xenistius californiensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xenistius_californiensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*, rendering *Haemulon* as [paraphyletic](/source/Paraphyletic) if *[Xenistius](/source/Xenistius)* was not included.[4] The genus *Brachygenys* Poey, 1868 was revived to include the species listed above.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CofF_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CofF_1-1) Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["Genera in the family Haemulidae"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Haemulidae). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 28 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CofF2_2-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["Species in the genus *Brachygenys*"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Brachygenys). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 28 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fishbase_3-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Haemulon*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Haemulon). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tavera_4-0)** 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"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472276). *BMC Evolutionary Biology*. **12** (57): 57. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1186/1471-2148-12-57](https://doi.org/10.1186%2F1471-2148-12-57). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3472276](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472276). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [22537107](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22537107).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Parenti_5-0)** Paolo Parenti (2019). ["An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332223321). *Iranian Journal of Ichthyology*. **6** (3): 150–196.

Taxon identifiers Brachygenys Wikidata: Q106492947 BioLib: 1889860 CoL: D5C2M GBIF: 2382498 iNaturalist: 1312973 NCBI: 2070541 WoRMS: 296195

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