Roestes
Sign in to saveRoestes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, which includes the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The fishes in this genus are from tropical South America, where they are found in the Amazon Basin and various rivers in the Guianas.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyAcestrorhynchidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Acestrorhynchidae
- Collections
- INHS, AUM, USNM, UMMZ, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UF
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Brazil
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Roestes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, which includes the biting tetras and freshwater barracudas. The fishes in this genus are from tropical South America, where they are found in the Amazon Basin and various rivers in the Guianas.
==Species== Roestes contains the following valid species: Roestes itupiranga Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1998 Roestes molossus (Kner, 1858) Roestes ogilviei (Fowler, 1914)
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