Creagrutus

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Creagrutus
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Creagrutus brevipinnis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Creagrutinae
Genus: Creagrutus
Günther, 1864
Type species
Leporinus muelleri
Günther, 1859
Synonyms [1]

Creagrutus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. [1] The fishies in this genus are found mostly in South America, with one species C. affinis extending into Panama in Central America. [2]

Species

Creagrutus contains the following valid species; [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Creagrutinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  2. Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Creagrutus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 September 2025.