Brachychalcinus retrospina

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 retrospina

Name

Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 1892

Lectotype: BMNH 1892.4.20.36. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1892.4.20.37-38 (2), 1895.5.17.205-207 (5). Lectotype selected by Eigenmann & Myers 1929:508. BMNH 1895.5.17.205-207 (5) are also paralectotypes of Fowlerina paraguayensis Eigenmann, 1907 [=Poptella paraguayensis].

Type location: Santa Cruz, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Synonyms

Brachychalcinus copei retrospina Boulenger, 1892

References

Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1892. On some new or little-known fishes obtained by Dr. J. W. Evans and Mr. Spencer Moore during their recent expedition to the Province of Matto Grosso, Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 10 (no. 55) (art. 2): 9–12, Pls. 1–2. BHL Reference page.
Eigenmann, C.H. & Myers, G.S. 1929. The American Characidae [Part 5, and incl. Supplement by G.S. Myers, pp. 516–550]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 43 (pt 5): 429–558, Pls. 57, 63, 70–74, 81–83, 94. Reference page.

Links

Brachychalcinus retrospina in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 10, 2018.
Brachychalcinus retrospina in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Brachychalcinus retrospina – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).