Creagrutus guanes

Creagrutus guanes
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Genus:	Creagrutus
Species:	C. guanes
Binomial name
Creagrutus guanes Torres-Mejia & Vari, 2005

Creagrutus guanes is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. ^{[2] [1]}

This species reaches a length of 7.3 cm (2.9 in). ^[3] It is found in Colombia. The species name honors the Guanes, an Indigenous people who once inhabited the Río Fonce basin in Colombia (the type locality). The Guane people fiercely resisted the Spanish conquistadors, a struggle that ultimately led to their near‑complete extinction. ^[4]

References

1. Creagrutus guanes: Jimenez-Segura, L., Mojica, J. & Alonso, J. C.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T64689944A64890290 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2014-10-08. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64689944A64890290.en.
2. Torres-Mejia, M. and R.P. Vari, 2005. New species of Creagrutus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia. Copeia 2005(4):812-817.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus guanes". 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.