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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petitella is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes.
Petitella | |
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Petitella bleheri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Subfamily: | Pristellinae |
Genus: | Petitella Géry & Boutière, 1964 |
Type species | |
Petitella georgiae Géry & Boutière, 1964 |
They are all popular tropical fish in the aquarium hobby. They are commonly known as Rummy-nose tetras.
This genus was formerly monotypic, featuring only P. georgiae. The other two species were allocated to Hemigrammus. Before the reallocation in 2020,[1][2] they were distinguished by the following common names:
There are three recognized species in this genus:[3]
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