Creagrutus ignotus

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Creagrutus ignotus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Genus: Creagrutus
Species:
C. ignotus
Binomial name
Creagrutus ignotus
Vari & Harold, 2001

Creagrutus ignotus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. [1]

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Location

It is native to South America, occurring in the upper Tapajós River basin.

Size

This species reaches a length of 6.2 cm (2.4 in). [2]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin for 'unknown,' referring to the prior absence of any records of Creagrutus in the upper Rio Tapajós basin of central Brazil. [3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus ignotus". FishBase . February 2025 version.
  3. ↑ 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.
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