Roestes

Roestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Cynodontidae
Genus: Roestes
Günther, 1864

Roestes is a genus of dogtooth characins from tropical South America, where found in the Amazon Basin and various rivers in the Guianas. There are three described species in this genus.

Species

  • Roestes itupiranga Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1998
  • Roestes molossus (Kner, 1858)
  • Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914)

References


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