Roa | |
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Roa modesta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Roa D. S. Jordan, 1923 |
Type species | |
Loa excelsa D. S. Jordan, 1921 [1] |
Roa is a genus of butterflyfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The six species are widely distributed: R. australis near Australia, R. excelsa near Hawaii and nearby islands, R. jayakari near India, R. modesta near Japan and China, R. rumsfeldi in the Philippines, [2] and R. haraguchiae near Japan and the Philippines. [3]
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: [4] [5]
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