---
title: "Smallmouth Grunt"
description: "Brachygenys chrysargyrea — Fish. Brachygenys chrysargyrea, the smallmouth grunt, bronze grunt, or yellowstripe grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/smallmouth-grunt
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smallmouth Grunt

> Brachygenys chrysargyrea — Fish. Brachygenys chrysargyrea, the smallmouth grunt, bronze grunt, or yellowstripe grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae.

- Scientific name: *Brachygenys chrysargyrea*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1586
- Wikidata: [Q2706614](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2706614)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1316786](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1316786)

## Names

- en: Smallmouth Grunt
- de: Haemulon chrysargyreum
- es: Ronco boquichica
- fr: Gorette Ti-bouche
- it: Haemulon chrysargyreum
- nl: Haemulon chrysargyreum
- pt: Cocoroca-boquinha

## Countries with the most observations

US (194), MQ (146), MX (92), CW (70), GP (61), AW (53), DM (50), PR (50), TT (43), BR (39), VC (32), LC (30)

## Summary

Brachygenys chrysargyrea, the smallmouth grunt, bronze grunt, or yellowstripe grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachygenys_chrysargyrea

## Photo

![Smallmouth Grunt](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smallmouth-grunt/medium.jpg)

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288496505

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smallmouth-grunt?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).