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Species in the genus Roestes: [ 3 ] records

itupiranga, Roestes Menezes [N. A.] & Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1998:289, Fig. 7 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 23657] Rio Tocantins, Itupiranga, Lago Grande, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 10267. Paratypes: INPA 10268-69 (2, 4), MCP 19872 (1), MZUSP 52106 (1). •Valid as Roestes itupiranga Menezes & Lucena 1998 -- (Toledo-Piza in Reis et al. 2003:236 [ref. 27061], Torrente-Vilara et al. 2008:103 [ref. 29867]). Current status: Valid as Roestes itupiranga Menezes & Lucena 1998. Acestrorhynchidae: Roestinae. Distribution: Tocantins River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

molossus, Cynopotamus Kner [R.] 1858:168 [8] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 22); ref. 18871] Rio Guaporé, Caicara, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 68754-55 (2, 2), 92856 (2). Appeared in more detail in Kner 1860:51 [p. 43 in separate], Pl. 7 (fig. 16) [ref. 7130]. •Valid as Roestes molossus (Kner 1858) -- (Prada-Pedreros 1997:353 [ref. 24956], Menezes & Lucena 1998:286 [ref. 23657], Lucena & Menezes 1998:263 [ref. 23776], 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], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:69, 186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:120 [ref. 38133]). Current status: Valid as Roestes molossus (Kner 1858). Acestrorhynchidae: Roestinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia). Habitat: freshwater.

ogilviei, Xiphocharax Fowler [H. W.] 1914:252, Fig. 9 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 66; ref. 1390] Rupununi River, Guyana, 2°-3°N, 50°20'W. Holotype (unique): ANSP 39337. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:52 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Roestes ogilviei (Fowler 1914) -- (Menezes & Lucena 1998:287 [ref. 23657], Lucena & Menezes 1998:263 [ref. 23776], Toledo-Piza in Reis et al. 2003:236 [ref. 27061], Torrente-Vilara et al. 2008:103 [ref. 29867], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633], Taphorn et al. 2022:10 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Roestes ogilviei (Fowler 1914). Acestrorhynchidae: Roestinae. Distribution: South America: upper and middle Amazon River basin and rivers Essequibo, Branco and Negro (Brazil, Colombia and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.