Creagrutus peruanus
| Creagrutus peruanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Genus: | Creagrutus |
| Species: | C. peruanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Creagrutus peruanus (Steindachner, 1876)
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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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus peruanus". 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.