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

See text.

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 sazimai Lucena, 2007.
  • 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.
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