Creagrutus holmi
| Creagrutus holmi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Genus: | Creagrutus |
| Species: | C. holmi
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| Binomial name | |
| Creagrutus holmi Vari & Harold, 2001
| |
Creagrutus holmi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae.[1]
Location
It is native to South America, occurring in the Marañón River basin above the Pongo de Manseriche in northeastern Peru.
Size
This species reaches a length of 9.2 cm (3.6 in).[2]
Etymology
The species is named in honor of Canadian ichthyologist Erling Holm (born 1950) of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, who collected part of the type series along with other Creagrutus species and provided valuable assistance to the authors in this and related studies.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus holmi". 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.