| Pinktail chalceus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Chalceidae |
| Genus: | Chalceus |
| Species: | C. macrolepidotus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818
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The pinktail chalceus (Chalceus macrolepidotus),[1][2] also called the pinktail characin,[3][4] is a species of freshwater fish of the family Chalceidae found in South America. It is one of five fish in the genus Chalceus, and is the type species of the genus.
- ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Pinktail Chalceus (Chalceus macrolepidotus) Ecological Risk Screening Summary. 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chalceus macrolepidotus". FishBase. December 2021 version.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Chalceus macrolepidotus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ "ADW: Chalceus macrolepidotus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-12-24.