Creagrutus pila
| Creagrutus pila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Genus: | Creagrutus |
| Species: | C. pila |
| Binomial name | |
| Creagrutus pila Vari & Harold, 2001 | |
Creagrutus pila is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae.[2]
Distribution
It is native to South America, occurring in smaller rivers that drain into the Aguaytía River, a left‑bank tributary of the Ucayali River in eastern Peru.[2] The Ucayali is one of the principal headwaters of the Amazon River[3], flowing northward to join the Marañón before forming the main Amazon channel. The type locality is the Río Huacamayo, at kilometre 155 of the Carretera Federico Basadre between Pucallpa and Tingo María, Provincia Padre Abad, Ucayali.[4]
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in).[5]
Etymology
The species name derives from the Latin word for 'javelin,' in reference to the vertically elongate, ventrally tapering humeral spot on its side.[6]
References
- ↑ "mojarita: Creagrutus pila". IUCN. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- 1 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.
- ↑ "LAS AGUAS CONTINENTALES DE AMERICA LATINA / THE INLAND WATERS OF LATIN AMERICA". www.fao.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
- ↑ "Catalog of Fishes: Creagrutus pila". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Creagrutus pila". FishBase. February 2025 version.
- ↑ 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.