Overview
Distribution
Central America: Atlantic slope drainages of Panama from Gatun Lake including the basin of the Chagres River and to the east of the Cascajal River.
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Lucena, C.A.S. and N.A. Menezes 2003 Subfamily Characinae (Characins, tetras). p. 200-208. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36811)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36811&speccode=12346
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
13.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 36811))
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Lucena, C.A.S. and N.A. Menezes 2003 Subfamily Characinae (Characins, tetras). p. 200-208. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36811)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36811&speccode=12346
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Type Information
Syntype for Anacyrtus guatemalensis Gunther
Catalog Number: USNM 133137
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): Salvin
Locality: Guatemala Huamuchal, Rio Chagres, Guatemala, North America
Catalog Number: USNM 133137
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): Salvin
Locality: Guatemala Huamuchal, Rio Chagres, Guatemala, North America
- Syntype: Gunther, A. C. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. 5: 347.
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Ecology
Habitat
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Roeboides guatemalensis
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
AAT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CTCTACCAACACCTATTCTGATTTTTTGGGCACCCCGAAGTATACATTCTAATTTTACCCGGATTCGGAATGATTTCTCACATTGTAGCCTACTACGCAGGTAAAAAA---GAACCATTCGGCTACATGGGCATGGTCTGGGCCATAATAGCAATTGGCCTCCTTGGCTTTATCGTTTGGGCTCACCACATGTTTACTGTTGGAATAGACGTAGACACTCGCGCATACTTTACCTCCGCAACAATAATTATCGCGATCCCTACTGGGGTAAAAGTATTTAGCTGATTA---GCCACCCTACACGGAGGT---TCTATTAAATGGGAAACCCCGCTCCTCTGAGCCCTTGGTTTTATCTTCCTTTTCACAGTGGGGGGTTTAACCGGGATTGTCTTAGCCAATTCTTCATTAGATATTGTTTTACATGACACCTACTACGTAGTTGCCCACTTCCACTATGTT---TTATCTATAGGAGCTGTATTTGCCATTATGGGGGCCTTCGTTCACTGATTCCCCCTATTCTCGGGGTACACCCTCCACAACACTTGGACAAAAGTACACTTTACAGTAATATTTGTAGGCGTTAACCTAACCTTCTTCCCCCAGCACTTCTTGGGGTTAGCCGGAATACCACGACGT---------------------------ACT
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Roeboides guatemalensis
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
aquarium: commercial
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4537&speccode=1255
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