Autapomorphies of Creagrutus anary:

1. Length of sphenotic spine (10): (0> 1) extending ventrally to articulation between sphenotic and hyomandibula. Reversal of synapomorphy 1 of node 197. Paralleled in Inpaichthys kerri . Some trees: Paralleled in Aphyodite grammica .

2. Position of ventral margin of posttemporal (252): (1> 0) anterior to lateral margin of epioccipital. Paralleled in nodes 162, 285, and 301 and in Aulixidens eugeniae, Diapoma speculiferum, Moenkhausia cf. intermedia, and Pyrrhulina australis . Some trees: Paralleled in node 247 and in Knodus breviceps .

3. Relative position of dorsal-fin anterior insertion (265): (1> 0) anterior to or at vertical through pelvic-fin origin. Paralleled in node 282 and in Exodon paradoxus, Moenkhausia xinguensis, and Parecbasis cyclolepis .

4. Pelvic-fin bony hooks in adult males of species bearing hooks on fins (309): (1> 0) absent.Paralleled in Hyphessobrycon eques, H. luetkenii, Phenacogaster tegatus, Pseudocorynopoma doriae, and Stethaprion erythrops . Some trees: Paralleled in Markiana nigripinnis and Psellogrammus kennedyi .

5. Contact between dorsal margin of adductor mandibulae and ventral margin of dilator operculi (335): (1> 0) absent. Paralleled in Inpaichthys kerri, Piabucus melanostomus, Prionobrama paraguayensis, Pristella maxillaris, Prodontocharax melanotus, and Pyrrhulina australis . Some trees: Paralleled in Hyphessobrycon elachys .

6. Anterior extension of adductor arcus palatini (336): (1> 0) covering most of dorsal surface of mesopterygoid. Paralleled in node 166 and in Markiana nigripinnis and Salminus brasiliensis . Some trees: Paralleled in Brycon orbignyanus .

Some trees:

7. Anterior convergence of ventral diverging lamellae with nasal septum of mesethmoid (31): (0> 1) confluent at posterior end of nasal septum. (some trees under k9-14).