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Etymology: Creagrutus: Greek, kreagreytos, -os, -on = to tear, to rip up the flesh (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Vari, Harold, Lasso & Machado-Allison.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 3 m (Ref. 26732). Tropical; 25°C - 39°C (Ref. 13614)
South America: Aroa and Urama River basins, Caribbean versant drainage of Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35140)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabits streams, being more abundant in pools than in regions with rapid current.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Vari, R.P., A.S. Harold, C.A. Lasso and A. Machado- Allison, 1993. Creagrutus lepidus, a new species from the Rio Roa system, Yaracuy State, Venezuela (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 4(4):351-356. (Ref. 26732)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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