Roeboides

Roeboides
Roeboides margareteae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Roeboides Günther, 1864 [1]
Type species
Epicyrtus microlepis J. T. Reinhardt, 1851 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Evermannella C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 Eucynopotamus Fowler, 1904 Cynocharax Fowler, 1907 Evermannolus C. H. Eigenmann, 1907

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: ^{[2] [3]}

• 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, 2013 ^[3]
• 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, 2011 ^[4]
• 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)

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 October 2025.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Roeboides". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 October 2025.
3. Matamoros, 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. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 285-290.
4. de 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.