Roboides
Roeboides margareteae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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.

Species

The 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

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Roeboides in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 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. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 285-290.
  3. ↑ 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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