Creagrutus amoenus
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| Creagrutus amoenus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Genus: | Creagrutus |
| Species: | C. amoenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Creagrutus amoenus Fowler, 1943 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Creagrutus amoenus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae.[2][1]
This species reaches a length of 10.2 cm (4.0 in).[3] It is found in South America in eastern Ecuador and southeastern Colombia swimming in the foothill rivers of the Andes.[citation needed]
The fish's name comes from the "Latin for pleasant, charming or delightful, presumably referring to its color, with 'bright silvery white' axial band in life and six 'more or less clearly defined dark blotches'".[4]
