Roeboides
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| Roeboides | |
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| Roeboides margareteae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae |
| Genus: | Roeboides Günther, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Epicyrtus microlepis J. T. Reinhardt, 1851[1] | |
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Roeboides is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America. These fish are small, are typically translucent, and have a rhomboid shape.
