Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Chalceus ararapeera Valenciennes, 1850 (synonym)

Creagrutus pellegrini Puyo, 1943 (synonym)

Common names:

大鱗脂鯉 Mandarin Chinese

大鳞脂鲤 Mandarin Chinese

Alampia Saramaccan

Araripirá Portuguese

Arari-pirá Portuguese

Douanier Creole, French

Douanier caca Creole, French

Glanzsalmler German

Huacamayo challua Spanish

Kalala Papiamento, Wayana

Kruszczyk wielkoluski Polish

Mojara Spanish

Mopéaki Wayana

Pinktail chalceus English

Pinktailed characin English

Pink-tailed characin English

Rabirrojo Spanish

Rødfinnet glanstetra Danish

Rozovokhvostyi kharatsin Russian

San Pedro Spanish

Schlanksalmler German

Südamerikanischer Großschuppensalmler German

Suurisuomutetra Finnish

Tucan fish English, Spanish

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Characiformes

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Family Characidae

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Genus Chalceus

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Distribution:

Amazon; America, South - Inland waters; Brazil; Colombia; French Guiana; Guyana; Negro; Neotropical; Orinoco; Peru; South America: Negro and Orinoco River basins and coastal rivers in Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.; Suriname; Venezuela

Additional data:

Year Eschmeyer (Ref. 56787).

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 27-Jun-2000

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4076e391-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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