Roestes

Roestes
Roestes molossus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamily: Roestinae
Genus:
Günther, 1864

Roestes is a genus of biting tetra from tropical South America, where found in the Amazon Basin and various rivers in the Guianas. There are three described species in this genus.[1]

Species

  • Roestes itupiranga Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1998
  • Roestes molossus (Kner, 1858)
  • Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914)

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Roestes". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhynchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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