Creagrutus peruanus

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Creagrutus peruanus
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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. [1] [2]

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Location

It is found in Peru, where it is endemic to the Apurimac and Urubamba River basins

Size

This species reaches a length of 8.7 cm (3.4 in). [3]

Etymology

The fishes name means belonging to: Peru. [4]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus peruanus". 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.
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