Creagrutus atratus

Creagrutus atratus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Genus:	Creagrutus
Species:	C. atratus
Binomial name
Creagrutus atratus Vari & Harold, 2001

Creagrutus atratus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. ^[2]

It is found in the Orinoco basin in the western part.^{[ citation needed ]}

This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). ^[3]

The fish's name means "dressed in black" in Latin, probably referring to the dark coloration of type series and many of the other available specimens. ^[4]

References

1. "Creagrutus atratus". IUCN . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
2. Vari, R.P. and A.S. Harold, 2001. Phylogenetic study of the Neotropical fish genera Creagrutus Günther and Piabina Reinhardt (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with a revision of the Cis-Andean species. Smith. Cont. Zool. 613:1-239.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus atratus". FishBase . February 2025 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2025.