Creagrutus

Creagrutus
	Creagrutus brevipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Creagrutinae
Genus:	Creagrutus; Günther, 1864
Type species
	Leporinus muelleri; Günther, 1859
Synonyms
	Creagrudite Myers, 1927 ; Creagrutops Schultz, 1944 ;

Creagrutus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found mostly in South America, with one species, C. affinis, extending into Panama in Central America.

Species

Creagrutus contains the following valid species:

Creagrutus affinis Steindachner, 1880
Creagrutus amoenus Fowler, 1943
Creagrutus anary Fowler, 1913
Creagrutus andaki Albornoz-Garzón, Acosta-Santos, Bogatá-Gregory & Agudelo-Córdoba, 2020
Creagrutus ardilai Ardila Rodríguez, 2021
Creagrutus argos Ardila Rodríguez, 2020
Creagrutus atratus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus atrisignum Myers, 1927
Creagrutus barrigai Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus beni C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Creagrutus bolivari Schultz, 1944
Creagrutus brevipinnis C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
Creagrutus britskii Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus cacique Flausino & Lima, 2019
Creagrutus calai Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus caucanus C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
Creagrutus cerritulus Netto-Ferreira & Vari, 2017
Creagrutus changae Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus cimitarraensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2023
Creagrutus cochui Géry, 1964
Creagrutus convencionensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2023
Creagrutus corredori Ardila Rodríguez, 2023
Creagrutus cracentis Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus crenatus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus dulima Albornoz-Garzón, Conde-Saldaña, García-Melo, Taphorn & Villa-Navarro, 2018
Creagrutus embera Ardila Rodríguez, 2023
Creagrutus ephippiatus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus figueiredoi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus flavescens Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus florianensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2023
Creagrutus gephyrus Böhlke & Saul, 1975
Creagrutus gracilis Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus guanes Torres-Mejia & Vari, 2005
Creagrutus gyrospilus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus hildebrandi Schultz, 1944
Creagrutus holmi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus hysginus Harold, Vari, Machado-Allison & Provenzano, 1994
Creagrutus ignotus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus jordanensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2021
Creagrutus kunturus Vari, Harold & Ortega, 1995
Creagrutus lassoi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus lepidus Vari, Harold, Lasso & Machado-Allison, 1993
Creagrutus leuciscus Regan, 1913
Creagrutus machadoi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus maculosus Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010
Creagrutus magdalenae C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
Creagrutus magoi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus manu Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus maracaiboensis (Schultz, 1944)
Creagrutus mariposa Ardila Rodríguez, 2021
Creagrutus martinezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2021
Creagrutus maxillaris (Myers, 1927)
Creagrutus melanzonus C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Creagrutus melasma Vari, Harold & Taphorn, 1994
Creagrutus menezesi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus meridionalis Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus metropolitana Ardila Rodríguez, 2024
Creagrutus molinus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus mucipu Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus muelleri (Günther, 1859)
Creagrutus narvaezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2023
Creagrutus nigrostigmatus Dahl, 1960
Creagrutus nigrotaeniatus Dagosta & Pastana, 2014
Creagrutus occidaneus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus ortegai Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus ouranonastes Vari & Harold 2001
Creagrutus paraguayensis Mahnert & Géry, 1988
Creagrutus paralacus Harold & Vari, 1994
Creagrutus pearsoni Mahnert & Géry, 1988
Creagrutus peruanus (Steindachner, 1876)
Creagrutus petilus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus phasma Myers, 1927
Creagrutus pila Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus planquettei Géry & Renno, 1989
Creagrutus provenzanoi Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus runa Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus saxatilis Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus seductus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus taphorni Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus tuyuka Vari & Lima, 2003
Creagrutus ungulus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus varii Ribeiro, Benine & Figueiredo, 2004
Creagrutus veruina Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus vexillapinnus Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus yanatili Harold & Salcedo, 2010
Creagrutus yudja Netto-Ferreira & Moreira, 2018
Creagrutus xiphos Vari & Harold, 2001
Creagrutus zephyrus Vari & Harold, 2001

References

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Creagrutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
↑ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Creagrutus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2025.

[Cof_family-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Creagrutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2025.

[Thomaz2015-2] Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.

[Cof_genus-3] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Creagrutus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2025.

Creagrutus

Creagrutus brevipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Creagrutinae
Genus:	Creagrutus Günther, 1864
Type species
Leporinus muelleri Günther, 1859
Synonyms
Creagrudite Myers, 1927 Creagrutops Schultz, 1944