Roestes
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| Roestes molossus | |
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| Genus: | Roestes Günther, 1864
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Roestes is a genus of dogtooth characins from tropical South America, where found in the Amazon Basin and various rivers in the Guianas. There are three described species in this genus.
Species
- Roestes itupiranga Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1998
- Roestes molossus (Kner, 1858)
- Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Roestes in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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