Brachychalcinus | |
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Brachychalcinus orbicularis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Subfamily: | Stethaprioninae |
Genus: | Brachychalcinus Boulenger, 1892 |
Brachychalcinus is a genus of characins found in tropical South America, with five currently described species:
- Brachychalcinus copei (Steindachner, 1882)
- Brachychalcinus nummus J. E. Böhlke, 1958
- Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1850) (discus tetra)
- Brachychalcinus parnaibae R. E. dos Reis, 1989
- Brachychalcinus reisi Garcia-Ayala, Ohara, Pastana & Benine, 2017
- Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 1892
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brachychalcinus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Brachychalcinus |
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