Creagrutus cracentis Vari & Harold, 2001
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Creagrutus cracentis is a species of freshwater fish in the family Stevardiidae. It was described by Richard P. Vari and Anthony S. Harold in 2001. The species is endemic to South America, occurring in the Tapajós River basin in Brazil. It is a small characin, reaching up to 6.0 cm in length.
Wikipedia contributors, Creagrutus cracentis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:25:51.915595+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Creagrutus cracentis Vari & Harold, 2001
- Name authority
- Vari & Harold, 2001
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Stevardiidae
- Genus
- Creagrutus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyStevardiidae Gill, 1858
- subfamilyCreagrutinae Miles, 1943
- genusCreagrutus Günther, 1864
- speciesCreagrutus cracentis Vari & Harold, 2001
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Creagrutus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Creagrutus atratus Vari & Harold, 2001 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus affinis Steindachner, 1880 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus lassoi Vari & Harold, 2001 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus kunturus Vari, Harold & Ortega, 1995 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus magdalenae Eigenmann, 1913 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus maculosus Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus machadoi Vari & Harold, 2001 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus lepidus Vari, Harold, Lasso & Machado-Allison, 1993 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus caucanus Eigenmann, 1913 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus bolivari Schultz, 1944 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus hysginus Harold, Vari, Machado-Allison & Provenzano, 1994 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creagrutus flavescens Vari & Harold, 2001 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Vari, R. P., & Harold, A. S. (2001). Phylogenetic study of the neotropical fish genera Creagrutus Günther and Piabina Reinhardt (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with revision of the Cis-Andean species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 613: i–v + 1–239. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.613 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6BDSZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.