''Roeboides'' is a genus of

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s from Central and

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. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically translucent, and have a

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shape.

Species

The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' 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, 2013Matamoros, 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.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 285-290.'' * '' Roeboides carti'' C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000 * '' Roeboides dayi'' (

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, 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, 2011de 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. * ''

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'' 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''

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, 1916 * '' Roeboides oligistos'' C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000 * '' Roeboides sazimai'' C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007 * '' Roeboides xenodon'' (J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)

References

Characini Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Characidae-stub