Dr. D. Ross Robertson, Panama
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In its habitat, Brachygenys californiensis forms large schools near piers and over herbaceous rocky reefs.
This grunt species also occurs mostly among rocks, over sandy substrates, and high up in kelp beds in shoals.
Brachygenys californiensis is a primarily nocturnal forager, but occasionally can be seen foraging during the day.
The grunt is not an animal for home aquariums.
In fact, the species is a good food fish, but is not intensively fished due to its small size.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species page gives a distribution from the Gulf of California through nearly all of the eastern Pacific countries of Central America to Peru.
However, we have only been able to find scientific evidence for the Gulf of California / Baja Californica and Peru.
Synonyms:
Haemulon californiensis (Steindachner, 1876)
Xenichthys californiensis Steindachner, 1876
Xenistius californiensis (Steindachner, 1876)
This grunt species also occurs mostly among rocks, over sandy substrates, and high up in kelp beds in shoals.
Brachygenys californiensis is a primarily nocturnal forager, but occasionally can be seen foraging during the day.
The grunt is not an animal for home aquariums.
In fact, the species is a good food fish, but is not intensively fished due to its small size.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species page gives a distribution from the Gulf of California through nearly all of the eastern Pacific countries of Central America to Peru.
However, we have only been able to find scientific evidence for the Gulf of California / Baja Californica and Peru.
Synonyms:
Haemulon californiensis (Steindachner, 1876)
Xenichthys californiensis Steindachner, 1876
Xenistius californiensis (Steindachner, 1876)
