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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic_taxobox 
| image = Roeboides sp.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Roeboides margareteae]]''
| name = ''Roboides''
| taxon = Roeboides
| authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1864
| type_species = ''Epicyrtus microlepis''
| type_species_authority = J. T. Reinhardt, 1851
}}

'''''Roeboides''''' is a genus of [[characin]]s from [[Central America|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:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Roeboides| month = April| year = 2013}}</ref><ref name=Matamoros2013/>
* ''[[Roeboides affinis]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1868)</small>
* ''[[Roeboides araguaito]]'' <small>[[Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena|C. A. S. de Lucena]], 2003</small>
* ''[[Roeboides biserialis]]'' <small>([[Samuel Garman|Garman]], 1890)</small>
* ''[[Roeboides bouchellei]]'' <small>[[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1923</small> (Crystal tetra)
* ''[[Roeboides bussingi]]'' <small>[[Wilfredo Antonio Matamoros Ortega|Matamoros]], [[Prosanta Chakrabarty|Chakrabarty]], [[Arturo Angulo Sibaja|Angulo]], [[Carlos A. Garita-Alvarado|Garita-Alvarado]] & [[Caleb D. McMahan|McMahan]], 2013</small><ref name=Matamoros2013>Matamoros, 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.''</ref>
* ''[[Roeboides carti]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000</small>
* ''[[Roeboides dayi]]'' <small>([[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1878)</small>
* ''[[Roeboides descalvadensis]]'' <small>Fowler, 1932</small> (Parana scale-eating characin)
* ''[[Roeboides dientonito]]'' <small>[[Leonard Peter Schultz|L. P. Schultz]], 1944</small>
* ''[[Roeboides dispar]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2001</small>
* ''[[Roeboides guatemalensis]]'' <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> (Guatemalan headstander)
* ''[[Roeboides ilseae]]'' <small>[[William Albert Bussing|W. A. Bussing]], 1986</small>
* ''[[Roeboides loftini]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2011</small><ref>de 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.</ref>
* ''[[Roeboides margareteae]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2003</small>
* ''[[Roeboides microlepis]]'' <small>([[Johannes Theodor Reinhardt|J. T. Reinhardt]], 1851)</small>
* ''[[Roeboides myersii]]'' <small>[[Theodore Gill|T. N. Gill]], 1870</small>
* ''[[Roeboides numerosus]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000</small>
* ''[[Roeboides occidentalis]]'' <small>[[Seth Eugene Meek|Meek]] & [[Samuel Frederick Hildebrand|Hildebrand]], 1916</small>
* ''[[Roeboides oligistos]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2000</small>
* ''[[Roeboides sazimai]]'' <small>C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007</small>
* ''[[Roeboides xenodon]]'' <small>(J. T. Reinhardt, 1851)</small>

==References==
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[[Category:Characini]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]


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