Creagrutus atratus

Creagrutus atratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Genus: Creagrutus
Species:
C. atratus
Binomial name
Creagrutus atratus
Vari & Harold, 2001

Creagrutus atratus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae.[2]

It is found in the Orinoco basin in the western part.

This species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in).[3]

The fish's name means "dressed in black" in Latin, probably referring to the dark coloration of type series and many of the other available specimens.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Creagrutus atratus". IUCN. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus atratus". 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.