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Brachychalcinus

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Salmon Discus

speciesBrachychalcinus orbicularis

Brachychalcinus nummus

speciesBrachychalcinus nummus

Brachychalcinus copei

speciesBrachychalcinus copei

Brachychalcinus parnaibae

speciesBrachychalcinus parnaibae

Brachychalcinus reisi

speciesBrachychalcinus reisi

Brachychalcinus signatus

speciesBrachychalcinus signatus

Brachychalcinus sabaji

speciesBrachychalcinus sabaji

Brachychalcinus retrospina

speciesBrachychalcinus retrospina

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87054.