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Species related to Brachychalcinus orbicularis: [ 2 ] records

orbicularis, Tetragonopterus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:138 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Essequibo River, Guyana. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-6343. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-4400 (1), 1987-1871 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:23 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Reis 1989:62 [ref. 14219]. •Valid as Poptella orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:302 [ref. 23654], Chang & Ortega 1995:7 [ref. 24302]). •Valid as Ephippicharax orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:49 [ref. 23791]). •Valid as Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Reis 1989:60 [ref. 14219], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:209 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633], Garcia-Ayala et al. 2017:570 [ref. 35695], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Chuctaya et al. 2022:18 [ref. 42137], Taphorn et al. 2022:13 [ref. 41297], Garcia-Ayala et al. 2024:9 [ref. 40855]). Current status: Valid as Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850). Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru and Suriname). IUCN (2021): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

guianensis, Brachychalcinus Boeseman [M.] 1952:303 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 31 (no. 26); ref. 12683] Itabu Creek, New River drainage, Guyana. Lectotype: FMNH 51535. Paralectotypes: FMNH 59525 (8, now 5); RMNH 18473 (1), 23430 [ex FMNH 59525] (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:17 [ref. 12367]. Lectotype selected by Böhlke 1958:81 [ref. 12050]. •Valid as Brachychalcinus guianensis Boeseman 1952 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708]). •Synonym of Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Reis 1989:60 [ref. 14219], Chang & Ortega 1995:7 [ref. 24302], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:209 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850). Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Habitat: freshwater.