Roeboides
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{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Roeboides sp.jpg
| image_caption = Roeboides margareteae
| name = Roboides
| taxon = Roeboides
| authority = Günther, 1864
| type_species = Epicyrtus microlepis
| type_species_authority = J. T. Reinhardt, 1851
}}
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.
Species
The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are:{{FishBase genus | genus = Roeboides| month = April| year = 2013}}
- 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): [http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/ni-v11n2/v11n2a06.pdf A new species of Roeboides (Teleostei: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the middle American species of the genus.]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 285-290.
- 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, 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.
- 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)