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Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand S. F. (1916). The fishes of the fresh waters of Panama. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 10 (no. 15): 217-374, Pls. 6-32.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Characidae
genus
Roeboides
species
Roeboides occidentalis

Name

Synonyms
Roeboides hildebrandi Eigenmann, 1922
Homonyms
Roeboides occidentalis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
Common names
Anchobeta in Spanish
Anchovata in Spanish
Buchi in Spanish
Chobeta in Spanish
Dientón in Spanish
Pomesa in Spanish
Anchobeta in Spanish
Anchovata in Spanish
Buchi in Spanish
Chobeta in Spanish
Dientón in Spanish
Pomesa in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., J.S. Usma, F.A. Villa-Navarro, A. Ortega-Lara, S. Prada-Pedreros, L.F. Jiménez, U. Jaramillo-Villa, A. Arango, T. Rivas & G.C. Sánchez. 2013. Peces Dulceacuícolas del Chocó Biogeográfico de Colombia. WWF Colombia, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH), Universidad del Tolima, Autoridad Nacional de Acuicultura y Pesca (AUNAP), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá D.C. Colombia. 400 pp.
  5. Meek, S. E.; Hildebrand S. F. (1916). The fishes of the fresh waters of Panama. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 10 (no. 15): 217-374, Pls. 6-32.
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