Roeboides
Roboides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Roeboides Günther, 1864 |
Type species | |
Epicyrtus microlepis J. T. Reinhardt, 1851
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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]
- (Günther, 1868)
- , 2003
- (Garman, 1890)
- Fowler, 1923 (Crystal tetra)
- , Chakrabarty, , & , 2013[2]
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000
- (Steindachner, 1878)
- Fowler, 1932 (Parana scale-eating characin)
- L. P. Schultz, 1944
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2001
- (Günther, 1864) (Guatemalan headstander)
- W. A. Bussing, 1986
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2011[3]
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2003
- (J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)
- T. N. Gill, 1870
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000
- Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000
- C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007
- (J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Roeboides in 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.
Categories:
- Characidae
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Characiformes stubs