Roeboides

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Roboides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae Subfamily: Characinae Genus: Roeboides Günther, 1864
Species
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The genus Roeboides is used to group several species of tetras, including the headstanders, scale-eaters, and crystal tetra. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically transluscent, and have a rhomboid shape.

[edit] Species

• Roeboides affinis (Günther, 1868).
• Roeboides biserialis (Garman, 1890).
• Roeboides bonariensis (Steindachner, 1879).
• Crystal tetra, Roeboides bouchellei Fowler, 1923.
• Roeboides carti Lucena, 2000.
• Roeboides dayi (Steindachner, 1878).
• Roeboides descalvadensis Fowler, 1932.
• Roeboides dientonito Schultz, 1944.
• Roeboides dispar Lucena, 2001.
• Guatemalan headstander, Roeboides guatemalensis (Günther, 1864).
• Roeboides ilseae Bussing, 1986.
• Roeboides microlepis (Reinhardt, 1851).
• Roeboides myersii Gill, 1870.
• Roeboides numerosus Lucena, 2000.
• Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916.
• Roeboides oligistos Lucena, 2000.
• Parana scale-eating characin, Roeboides paranensis Pignalberi, 1975.
• Roeboides prognathus (Boulenger, 1895).
• Roeboides thurni Eigenmann, 1912.
• Roeboides xenodon (Reinhardt, 1851).

[edit] References

• "Roeboides". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.