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GBIF·2354037speciesAnimalia402 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCharaciformes
  4. ›familyCharacidae
  5. ›genusBrachychalcinus
Brachychalcinus orbicularis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Discus Tetra

Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1850)

Also calledDiskostetra (dan) · Diskussalmler (deu) · Diskustetra (swe) · Kiekkotetra (fin) · Moneda (spa) · Tetra-disco (por) · tetřík diskovitý (ces) · Гвианский брахихальцинус (rus)

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Brachychalcinus orbicularis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2354037.