''Roeboexodon'' is a genus of
characin
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s from
tropical
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South America
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, with two currently recognized species:
* ''
Roeboexodon geryi''
G. S. Myers, 1960
* ''
Roeboexodon guyanensis''
( Puyo, 1948)
References
Exodontini
Fish of South America
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