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Creagrutus holmi

Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Creagrutus holmi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Stevardiidae.[1]

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Location

It is native to South America, occurring in the Marañón River basin above the Pongo de Manseriche in northeastern Peru.

Size

This species reaches a length of 9.2 cm (3.6 in).[2]

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Canadian ichthyologist Erling Holm (born 1950) of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, who collected part of the type series along with other Creagrutus species and provided valuable assistance to the authors in this and related studies.[3]

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