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, 2013Matamoros, 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. 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, 2011de 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. 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)
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