Brachychalcinus

Brachychalcinus
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]

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

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brachychalcinus". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stichonodontinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brachychalcinus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 October 2025.