Brachychalcinus nummus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Genus: Brachychalcinus
Species: Brachychalcinus nummus

Name

Brachychalcinus nummus Böhlke, 1958

Holotype: USNM 164019. Paratypes: ANSP 75936-38 (2, 1, 1); Géry coll. [ex ANSP 75939] (1); USNM 164044 (2), 164058-59 (2, 1), 164069 (2), 175141 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:51, Vari & Howe 1991:8–9

Type location: Lower Río Bobonaza, Province Napo-Pastaza, Chicherota, 2°23'S, 76°30'W, Ecuador, elevation 270 meters

References

Primary references

Böhlke, J.E. 1958. Studies on fishes on the family Characidae. No. 14. A report on several extensive recent collections from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 110: 1–121, Pls. 1–7. Reference page. [see page 74, Pl. 4 (fig. 5)]
Böhlke, E.B. 1984. Catalog of type specimens in the ichthyological collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) No. 14: i–viii + 1–216. Reference page. [see page 51]
Vari, R.P. & Howe, J.C. 1991. Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1. Characiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 517: 1–52. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.517 Reference page. [see pages 8–9]

Links

Brachychalcinus nummus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 13, 2018.
Brachychalcinus nummus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Brachychalcinus nummus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).