Chalcinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:258 Masc. Chalcinus brachipomus Valenciennes 1850. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Eigenmann 1910:440 [ref. 1224]. Preoccupied by Chalcinus Rafinesque 1815, apparently an unjustified emendation of Chalcis Fabricius 1787 in Hymenoptera. •Synonym of Triportheus Cope 1872 -- (Géry 1977:343 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:346 [ref. 23654], Malabarba & Lima in Reis et al. 2003:157 [ref. 27061], Malabarba 2004:169 [ref. 28150]). Current status: Synonym of Triportheus Cope 1872. Triportheidae: Triportheinae.