Roeboides is a genus of characins from Central and South America. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically translucent, and have a rhomboid shape.
| Roboides | |
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| Roeboides margareteae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae |
| Genus: | Roeboides Günther, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Epicyrtus microlepis J. T. Reinhardt, 1851
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Species
editThe 21 currently recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]
- Roeboides affinis (Günther, 1868)
- Roeboides araguaito C. A. S. de Lucena, 2003
- Roeboides biserialis (Garman, 1890)
- Roeboides bouchellei Fowler, 1923 (Crystal tetra)
- Roeboides bussingi Matamoros, Chakrabarty, Angulo, Garita-Alvarado & McMahan, 2013[2]
- Roeboides carti C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000
- Roeboides dayi (Steindachner, 1878)
- Roeboides descalvadensis Fowler, 1932 (Parana scale-eating characin)
- Roeboides dientonito L. P. Schultz, 1944
- Roeboides dispar C. A. S. de Lucena, 2001
- Roeboides guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) (Guatemalan headstander)
- Roeboides ilseae W. A. Bussing, 1986
- Roeboides loftini C. A. S. de Lucena, 2011[3]
- Roeboides margareteae C. A. S. de Lucena, 2003
- Roeboides microlepis (J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)
- Roeboides myersii T. N. Gill, 1870
- Roeboides numerosus C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000
- Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
- Roeboides oligistos C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000
- Roeboides sazimai C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007
- Roeboides xenodon (J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Roeboides". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Matamoros, W.A., Chakrabarty, P., Angulo, A., Garita-Alvarado, C.A. & McMahan, C.D. (2013): A new species of Roeboides (Teleostei: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the middle American species of the genus.[permanent dead link] Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 285-290.
- ^ de Lucena, C.A.S. (2011): A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae). Revista de Biologìa Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation), 59 (4): 1663-1667.
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