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.
| Roestes | |
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| Roestes molossus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Cynodontidae |
| Genus: | Roestes Günther, 1864 |
Species
edit- Roestes itupiranga Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1998
- Roestes molossus (Kner, 1858)
- Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914)
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Roestes". FishBase. October 2011 version.
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