Roestes (subgenus of Anacyrtus) Günther [A.] 1864:345, 347 Masc. Cynopotamus molossus Kner 1858. Type by monotypy. Described in key (p. 345) as a section or subgenus of Anacyrtus with corresponding single species on p. 347. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. Same as Lycodon Kner 1860 (preoccupied) but Günther does not indicate he was providing a replacement name. •Valid as Roestes Günther 1864 -- (Menezes 1974 [ref. 7129], Géry 1977:311 [ref. 1597], Prada-Pedreros 1997:353 [ref. 24956], Menezes & Lucena 1998:285 [ref. 23657], Lucena & Menezes 1998:261, 274 [ref. 23776] in new subfamily Roestinae, Britski et al. 1999:55 [ref. 24147], Toledo-Piza in Reis et al. 2003:236 [ref. 27061], Torrente-Vilara et al. 2008:103 [ref. 29867], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Cynodontinae, Mirande 2010:480 [ref. 31006] in Cynodontinae with question, Oliveira et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31685] in Roestinae, Mattox & Toledo-Piza 2012:896 [ref. 32651], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004]). Current status: Valid as Roestes Günther 1864. Acestrorhynchidae: Roestinae.