Roa

Familia: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Roa
Species: R. australis – R. excelsa – R. jayakari – R. modesta

Roa modesta

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Name

Roa Jordan, 1923: 63

• Type species: Loa excelsa Jordan, 1922
• Type by being a replacement name
  • Replacement for Loa Jordan, 1922, preoccupied by Loa Stiles, 1905 in Nematoda
• Gender: feminine

References

• Jordan, D.S., 1923: A classification of fishes including families and genera as far as known. Stanford University Publications, University Series, Biological Sciences 3 (2): 77–243 + i-x. BHL Reference page. 
• Kuiter, R.H. 2004: Description of a new species of butterflyfish, Roa australis, from Northwestern Australia (Pisces: Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 56: 167–171. PDF
• Rocha, L.A., Pinheiro, H.T., Wandell, M., Rocha, C.R. & Shepherd, B. 2017. Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines. ZooKeys 709: 127–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.709.20404. Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Roa species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Roa-Falterfische

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