Overview
Distribution
South America: rivers draining into Gulf of Paria, Estados Sucre and Monagas, northeastern Venezuela.
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Harold, A.S., R.P. Vari, A. Machado-Allison and F. Provenzano 1994 Creagrutus hysginus (Teleostei: Characiformes), a new species of characid from northeastern Venezuela, Sucre State. Copeia 1994(4):975-979. (Ref. 34123)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=34123&speccode=51853
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Rivers draining into Gulf of Paria, Estados Sucre and Monagas, Venezuela.
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
5.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 34123))
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Harold, A.S., R.P. Vari, A. Machado-Allison and F. Provenzano 1994 Creagrutus hysginus (Teleostei: Characiformes), a new species of characid from northeastern Venezuela, Sucre State. Copeia 1994(4):975-979. (Ref. 34123)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=34123&speccode=51853
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Type Information
Paratype for Creagrutus hysginus Harold et al.
Catalog Number: USNM 326035
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Glycerine With Cartilage Stain
Collector(s): D. Taphorn & et al.
Year Collected: 1988
Locality: Venezuela: Sucre, Rio La Toma, 6 km N of Road 9, 4 km W of Guiria, Sucre, Venezuela, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 326035
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Glycerine With Cartilage Stain
Collector(s): D. Taphorn & et al.
Year Collected: 1988
Locality: Venezuela: Sucre, Rio La Toma, 6 km N of Road 9, 4 km W of Guiria, Sucre, Venezuela, South America
- Paratype: Harold, A. S., et al. 19 Dec. 1994. Copeia. 1994 (4): 975, figs 1-2.
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Paratype for Creagrutus hysginus Harold et al.
Catalog Number: USNM 326055
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Glycerine With Cartilage Stain
Collector(s): F. Provenzano & et al.
Year Collected: 1990
Locality: Venezuela: Sucre, Rio Guiria, Near La Toma., Sucre, Venezuela, South America
Catalog Number: USNM 326055
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Glycerine With Cartilage Stain
Collector(s): F. Provenzano & et al.
Year Collected: 1990
Locality: Venezuela: Sucre, Rio Guiria, Near La Toma., Sucre, Venezuela, South America
- Paratype: Harold, A. S., et al. 19 Dec. 1994. Copeia. 1994 (4): 975, figs 1-2.
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Ecology
Habitat
Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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