Creagrutus affinis
| Creagrutus affinis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Genus: | Creagrutus |
| Species: | C. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Creagrutus affinis Steindachner, 1880
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Creagrutus affinis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae.
Location
It is found in the Caribbean drainages of Colombia from the Magdalena River basin west to coastal basins of the Chocó Department, the Pacific slope rivers of Panama from Bayano to the Tuira River, in the Chagres River system of Atlantic slope of Panama, and the Baudo and San Juan rivers of the Pacific slopes of Colombia.[2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in).[3]
Etymology
The fishes name means in Latin related, as in very close if not identical to Creagrutus muelleri.[4]
References
- ^ "Sardina: Creagrutus affinis". IUCN. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus affinis". FishBase. February 2025 version.
- ^ 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.