Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Lutjaniformes
Familia: Haemulidae
Genus: Xenistius
Species: X. californiensis – X. peruanus
Name
Xenistius Jordan and Gilbert, 1883
References
Xenistius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xenistius species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2021.
Vernacular names
Xenistius is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2][failed verification]
Xenistius californiensis (Steindachner, 1876) (Californian salema)
Xenistius peruanus Hildebrand, 1946
Systematics
The genus Haemulon was determined to be paraphyletic in molecular studies which showed Haemulon chrysargyreum clustered with Xenistius californianus. The genus Brachygenys which had been created by Felipe Poey in 1868 was revived to include these species and ensure the monophyly of Haemulon. The genus also includes the other species in Xenistius and Xenocys.[3][4] These changes are recognised by Catalog of Fishes, making Xenistius a synonym of Brachygenys,[1] but not yet by Fishbase.[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 8 April 2021.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Xenistius in FishBase. August 2013 version.
Jose Tavera; Arturo Acero P.; Peter C. Wainwright (2018). "Multilocus phylogeny, divergence times, and a major role for the benthic-to- pelagic axis in the diversification of grunts (Haemulidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 121: 212–223. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.032.
Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)" (PDF). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Haemulidae" in FishBase. December 2021 version.
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