Biology:Petitella bleheri
| Petitella bleheri | |
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| (photo shown here is that of a group of P. bleheri which was discovered by Heiko Bleher in 1965) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Petitella |
| Species: | P. bleheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Petitella bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986[2]
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Petitella bleheri is a species of characin found in Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru. One of three species called rummy-nose tetra, but is also called firehead tetra according to FishBase. Reaching a standard length of 2 in (5 cm) it is a common species found in the aquarium trade although often potentially hybridised with the other collective rummy-nose tetra species Petitella rhodostomus and Petitella georgiae; the false rummy-nose tetra.
Taxonomy and systematics
The specific name, bleheri, honours the species’ discoverer, Heiko Bleher.[3]
The genome was fully sequenced in 2015, by standard PCR, and found to be 17,021 base pairs long.[4]
Distribution
This species is found in the Rio Negro and Rio Meta basins.
Diet
Omnivorous and will accept just about anything offered. Species does have a small mouth so correspondingly sized foods are best. Feed a mixture of dried flakes and granules and small live and frozen foods. A varied diet such as this is essential for the best colour development.
References
- ↑ Lima, F. (2023). "Petitella bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T164583297A164583301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T164583297A164583301.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164583297/164583301. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Petitella bleheri" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. https://etyfish.org/stethaprioninae/.
- ↑ Li, Chunyan; Sun, Zhijing; Fen, Shouming; Jiang, Jufeng; Wu, Huimen; Zhang, Zhenguo; Cai, Chao; Wang, Yongchen (2016). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Hemigrammus bleheri". Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27 (6): 4449–4450. doi:10.3109/19401736.2015.1089565. PMID 26544159.
Wikidata ☰ Q883465 entry
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