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 <small>(Günther, 1868)</small>
- Roeboides araguaito <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2003</small>
- Roeboides biserialis <small>(Garman, 1890)</small>
- Roeboides bouchellei <small>Fowler, 1923</small> (Crystal tetra)
- Roeboides bussingi <small>Matamoros, Chakrabarty, Angulo, Garita-Alvarado & McMahan, 2013</small>
- Roeboides carti <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000</small>
- Roeboides dayi <small>(Steindachner, 1878)</small>
- Roeboides descalvadensis <small>Fowler, 1932</small> (Parana scale-eating characin)
- Roeboides dientonito <small>L. P. Schultz, 1944</small>
- Roeboides dispar <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2001</small>
- Roeboides guatemalensis <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> (Guatemalan headstander)
- Roeboides ilseae <small>W. A. Bussing, 1986</small>
- Roeboides loftini <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2011</small>
- Roeboides margareteae <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2003</small>
- Roeboides microlepis <small>(J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)</small>
- Roeboides myersii <small>T. N. Gill, 1870</small>
- Roeboides numerosus <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000</small>
- Roeboides occidentalis <small>Meek & Hildebrand, 1916</small>
- Roeboides oligistos <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000</small>
- Roeboides sazimai <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007</small>
- Roeboides xenodon <small>(J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)</small>
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