| Brachychalcinus | |
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| Brachychalcinus orbicularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Stethaprioninae |
| Genus: | Brachychalcinus Boulenger, 18921 |
| Type species | |
| Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 18921
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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.
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
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brachychalcinus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stichonodontinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brachychalcinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2025.