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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Ovalentaria

Familia: Embiotocidae
Genus: Brachyistius
Species: B. aletes – B. frenatus
Name

Brachyistius Gill, 1862: 275

Type species: Brachyistius frenatus Gill, 1862
Type by monotypy
Gender: masculine

References

Gill, T.[N.] 1862: Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14: 274–282. BHL

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Brachyistius is a genus of surfperches native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Brachyistius aletes (Tarp, 1952)
Brachyistius frenatus T. N. Gill, 1862 (Kelp perch)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Brachyistius in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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