Genyonemus Gill 1862 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36037
Parent taxon: Sciaenidae according to A. Bratishko et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aplodinotus, Argyrosomus, Atractoscion, Corvina, Cynoscion, Equetus, Fisherichthys, Jefitchia, Larimus, Leiostomus, Lompochites, Lompoquia, Micropogonias, Platacodon, Pogonias, Pristipoma, Protosciaena, Pseudoumbrina, Roncador, Sciaena, Sciaenops, Totoaba, Trewasciaena, Umbrina, Pseudoeleginus
Subtaxa: Genyonemus karagiensis, Genyonemus lineatus, Genyonemus whistleri
Ecology: nektonic omnivore