Brachychalcinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Genus: Brachychalcinus
Species: B. copei – B. nummus – B. orbicularis – B. parnaibae – B. reisi – B. retrospina
Name

Brachychalcinus Boulenger, 1892

Fixation: Type by monotypy

Gender: masculine

Type species: Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 1892
References
Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1892. On some new or little-known fishes obtained by Dr. J. W. Evans and Mr. Spencer Moore during their recent expedition to the Province of Matto Grosso, Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 10 (no. 55) (art. 2): 9–12, Pls. 1–2. BHL Reference page. [see page 11.]

Links

Brachychalcinus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Brachychalcinus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Brachychalcinus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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 retrospina Boulenger, 1892

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Brachychalcinus in FishBase. October 2011 version.