Brachybembras is monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads.

Its only species, Brachybembras aschemeieri, is known only from the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines where it is found at a depth of around 582 metres (1,909 ft).

Brachybembras was first described as a genus in 1938 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler[1] when he described its only species B. aschemieri.

The specific name honours Charles R. W. Aschemeier (1892-1973), a taxidermist at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History.

[5] Brachybembras is found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from the Philippines.