rubrivertex, Roeboides Cope [E. D.] 1872:265 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Above mouth of Río Negro, Peruvian Amazon. Holotype (unique): ANSP 8190. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:53 [ref. 13621]. Appeared first as name only in Cope 1871:55 [ref. 19538]. •Synonym of Roeboides affinis (Günther 1868) -- (Taphorn 1992:315 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Roeboides myersii Gill 1870 -- (Lucena 1988:35 [ref. 22126], Lucena 1998:36 [ref. 23597], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:206 [ref. 27061], Lucena 2003:300 [ref. 27452], Lucena 2024:272 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Roeboides myersii Gill 1870. Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.