Brachychalcinus orbicularis

Brachychalcinus orbicularis

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 orbicularis

Name

Brachychalcinus orbicularis Valenciennes, 1850

Lectotype: MNHN 0000-6343. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-4400 (1), 1987-1871 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:23

Type location: Essequibo River, Guyana.

Synonyms

• Tetragonopterus orbicularis Valenciennes, 1850
• Ephippicharax orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1850)
• Poptella orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1850)
• Brachychalcinus guianensis Boeseman, 1952

References

Primary references

• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1850 ["1849"]. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (pp. 1–91). v. 22: i–xx + 1 p. + 1–532 + 1–91, Pls. 634–650. BHL Reference page.  [see page 138]
• Bertin, L. 1948. Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle. 3e partie. Ostariophysaires (Characiniformes, Gymnotiformes) 1–49. Reference page.  [see page 23]
• Boeseman, M. 1952. Note on the characid genus Brachychalcinus Boulenger (1892), including the description of a new species. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 31(26): 301–305. Reference page. 

Links

• Tetragonopterus orbicularis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 18, 2018.
• Brachychalcinus orbicularis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Brachychalcinus orbicularis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

dansk: Diskostetra
Deutsch: Diskussalmler
English: Discus tetra
suomi: Kiekkotetra
svenska: Diskustetra