Roeboides
Encyclopedia
The genus Roeboides is used to group several species of tetra
s, including the headstanders, scale-eaters, and crystal tetra. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically transluscent, and have a rhomboid
shape.
Tetra
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s, including the headstanders, scale-eaters, and crystal tetra. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically transluscent, and have a rhomboid
Rhomboid
Traditionally, in two-dimensional geometry, a rhomboid is a parallelogram in which adjacent sides are of unequal lengths and angles are oblique.A parallelogram with sides of equal length is a rhombus but not a rhomboid....
shape.
Species
- Roeboides affinis (Günther, 1868).
- Roeboides biserialis (Garman, 1890).
- Roeboides bonariensis (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1879). - Crystal tetra, Roeboides bouchellei Fowler, 1923.
- Roeboides carti Lucena, 2000.
- Roeboides dayi (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1878). - Roeboides descalvadensis Fowler, 1932.
- Roeboides dientonito Schultz, 1944.
- Roeboides dispar Lucena, 2001.
- Guatemalan headstander, Roeboides guatemalensis (Günther, 1864).
- Roeboides ilseae Bussing, 1986.
- Roeboides microlepis (Reinhardt, 1851).
- Roeboides myersii GillTheodore GillTheodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
, 1870. - Roeboides numerosus Lucena, 2000.
- Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916.
- Roeboides oligistos Lucena, 2000.
- Parana scale-eating characin, Roeboides paranensis Pignalberi, 1975.
- Roeboides prognathus (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1895). - Roeboides sazimai Lucena, 2007.
- Roeboides thurni EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
, 1912. - Roeboides xenodon (Reinhardt, 1851).