Biology:Roa (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Roa
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Roa modesta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Roa
D. S. Jordan, 1923
Type species
Loa excelsa
D. S. Jordan, 1921[1]

Roa is a genus of butterflyfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The six species are widely distributed: R. australis near Australia, R. excelsa near Hawaii and nearby islands, R. jayakari near India, R. modesta near Japan and China, R. rumsfeldi in the Philippines,[2] and R. haraguchiae near Japan and the Philippines.[3]

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[4][5]

  • Roa australis Kuiter, 2004 (Triple-banded butterflyfish)
  • Roa excelsa (D. S. Jordan, 1921) (Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfish)
  • Roa haraguchiae (Uejo, Senou & Motomura, 2020) (Haraguchi's butterflyfish)
  • Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Indian golden-barred butterflyfish)
  • Roa modesta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Japanese golden-barred butterflyfish)
  • Roa rumsfeldi (Rocha, Pinheiro, Wandell, Rocha & Shepherd, 2017) (Deep-blackfin butterflyfish)
  • Roa semilunaris (Matsunuma & Motomura 2022) (Semilunar-spot butterflyfish)
  • Roa uejoi (Matsunuma & Motomura 2022) (Uejo's butterflyfish)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2155894 entry