Roeboides
Genus of fishes
Roeboides is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes , characins , belonging to the family Characidae . The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America. These fish are small, are typically translucent, and have a rhomboid shape.
Species
Roeboides contains the following valid species:
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
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
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 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characinae" . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 October 2025 .
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Roeboides " . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 October 2025 .
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. [ 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.