Creagrutus peruanus

Creagrutus peruanus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Genus:	Creagrutus
Species:	C. peruanus
Binomial name
Creagrutus peruanus (Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
Piabina peruanaSteindachner, 1876 Creagrutus nasutus Günther, 1876

Creagrutus peruanus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

This species reaches a length of 8.7 cm (3.4 in). ^[4] It is endemic to the Apurímac and Urubamba River basins in Peru, from which it receives its name. ^[5]

References

1. Chuctaya, Junior; Villaverde, Ana Maria Cortijo; Correa, Ericka (22 April 2014). "Creagrutus peruanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Archived from the original on 29 April 2025.
2. Harold, A.S. and R.P. Vari, 1994. Systematics of the Trans-Andean species of Creagrutus (Ostariophysi: Characiformers: Characidae). Smith. Contrib. Zool. (551):31 p.
3. Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus peruanus". FishBase . February 2025 version.
5. 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.