Brachychalcinus is a genus of characins found in tropical South America, with five currently described species: \n* Brachychalcinus copei (Steindachner, 1882) \n* Brachychalcinus nummus J. E. Böhlke, 1958 \n* Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1850) (discus tetra) \n* Brachychalcinus parnaibae R. E. dos Reis, 1989 \n* Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 1892
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0