Roestes

Roestes
Roestes molossus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamily:	Roestinae
Genus:	Roestes Günther, 1864 [1]
Type species
Cynopotamus molossus Kner, 1858 [1]

Roestes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, which includes the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The fishes in this genus are from tropical South America, where found in the Amazon Basin and various rivers in the Guianas.

Species

Roestes contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Roestes itupiranga Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1998
• Roestes molossus (Kner, 1858)
• Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Roestes". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Roestinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Roestes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 August 2025.