''Roa'' is a
genus
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of
butterflyfishes native to the
Indian and
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oceans. The six species are widely distributed: ''R. australis'' near Australia, ''R. excelsa'' near
Hawaii
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and nearby islands, ''R. jayakari'' near India, ''R. modesta'' near Japan and China, ''R. rumsfeldi'' in the Philippines, and ''R. haraguchiae'' near Japan and the Philippines.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Roa australis''
Kuiter, 2004 (Triple-banded butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa excelsa''
( D. S. Jordan, 1921) (Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa haraguchiae''
(Uejo, Senou & Motomura, 2020) (Haraguchi's butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa jayakari''
(Norman
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, 1939) (Indian golden-barred butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa modesta
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''
(Temminck
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& Schlegel, 1844) (Japanese golden-barred butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa rumsfeldi
''Roa rumsfeldi'' is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is the fifth known species of the genus '' Roa'' and was discovered in Anilao, Philippines in 2016. This species has vertica ...
''
( Rocha, Pinheiro, Wandell, Rocha & Shepherd
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, 2017) (Deep-blackfin butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa semilunaris
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''
(Matsunuma & Motomura 2022) (Semilunar-spot butterflyfish)
* ''
Roa uejoi
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''
(Matsunuma & Motomura 2022) (Uejo's butterflyfish)
References
Chaetodontidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
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