Animalia > Chordata > Characiformes > Characidae > Brachychalcinus > Brachychalcinus orbicularis

Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Disk tetra; Disk characin; Discus tetra)

Synonyms: Brachychalcinus guianensis; Ephippicharax orbicularis; Poptella orbicularis; Tetragonopterus orbicularis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Brachychalcinus orbicularis, or the discus tetra, is an omnivorous characin found in rivers, creeks, and tributaries in tropical South America.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Predators

Pygocentrus cariba (Orinoco piranha)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela, Leo G. Nico; Donald C. Taphorn, Biotropica, Vol. 20, No. 4. (Dec., 1988), pp. 311-321.
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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