Brachygenys
| Brachygenys | |
|---|---|
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| 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] | |
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.
Species
[edit]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 peruana (Hildebrand, 1856)
Systematics
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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
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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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