Roeboides

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Characinae
Genus: Roeboides
Günther, 1864
Type species
Epicyrtus microlepis
J. T. Reinhardt, 1851

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. 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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