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Etymology: Creagrutus: Greek, kreagreytos, -os, -on = to tear, to rip up the flesh (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Fowler.
Issue
See Vari & Harold (2001:58) for detailed redescription.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Andean foothill rivers of eastern Ecuador and southeastern Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94842)
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Vari, R.P., A.S. Harold and H. Ortega, 1995. Creagrutus kunturus, a new species from western Amazonian Peru and Ecuador (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 6(4):289-296. (Ref. 26628)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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