Brachychalcinus
Genus of fishes
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Brachychalcinus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.
| Brachychalcinus | |
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| Brachychalcinus orbicularis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Stethaprioninae |
| Genus: | Brachychalcinus Boulenger, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 1892[1] | |
Species
Brachychalcinus contains the following valid species:[2]
- 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
- Brachychalcinus sabaji Garcia-Ayala, Lima, Gama & Benine, 2024
- Brachychalcinus signatus Garcia-Ayala & Benine, 2020