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

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

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. 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. 
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