''Brachychalcinus'' is a genus of
characin
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s found in
tropical
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South America
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, with five currently described species:
* ''
Brachychalcinus copei''
(Steindachner
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, 1882)
* ''
Brachychalcinus nummus''
J. E. Böhlke, 1958
* ''
Brachychalcinus orbicularis''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1850) (discus tetra)
* ''
Brachychalcinus parnaibae''
R. E. dos Reis, 1989
* ''
Brachychalcinus reisi''
Garcia-Ayala, Ohara, Pastana & Benine, 2017
* ''
Brachychalcinus retrospina''
Boulenger, 1892
References
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Stethaprionini
Fish of South America
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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