Petitella bleheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Petitella
Species: Petitella bleheri

Name

Petitella bleheri Géry and Mahnert, 1986

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after German aquarist and fish explorer Heiko Bleher, who first purchased the catch and sent them out for identification.

Locality: Middle Rio Negro basin, Brazil (probably near Rio Jufaris)

Lectotype: MZUSP 37369

References

Petitella bleheri – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Petitella bleheri in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Petitella bleheri in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Blehers Rotkopfsalmler
English: Red-nose tetra
português: Tetra-nariz-vermelho