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Brachygenys
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Brachygenys

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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Smallmouth Grunt

speciesBrachygenys chrysargyrea

Black Striped Salema

speciesBrachygenys jessiae

California Salema

speciesBrachygenys californiensis

Brachygenys peruana

speciesBrachygenys peruana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1312973.