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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.
Issue
See Vari & Harold (2001:131) for detailed redescription.
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
Identification keys | 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: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00891 - 0.03238), b=2.97 (2.81 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.5 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).