Roeboides

Roeboides is a genus of characins from Central and South America. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically translucent, and have a rhomboid shape.

Roboides
Roeboides margareteae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Roeboides Günther, 1864
Type species
Epicyrtus microlepis J. T. Reinhardt, 1851

Species

The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1][2]

• 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^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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)