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Characiformes (Characins) >
Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Megalamphodinae
Etymology: Petitella: French, petit = small, diminituve (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Georges Jean-Jacques Petit (1892–1973) was a French marine biologist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. [...] Heiko Bleher (d: 1944) is a German explorer and ornamental fish wholesaler and supplier. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Géry & Mahnert.
Taxonomic Remarks
Ornamental fish.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: 5 - 12. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Negro and Meta River basins.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 38376)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: head with a much more intense and widespread red color, extending up to the humeral region (vs. limited red coloration and not extending to humeral region in georgiae, rhodostoma); horizontal black bar on the end of the caudal peduncle is never prolonged forward (vs. prolonged up to the anal-fin in georgiae, rhodostoma); anal-fin hyaline (vs. a black bar present on the base of the anterior part of the anal-fin, continuing obliquely on the branched rays in georgiae, rhodostoma) (Ref. 127081).
Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Bittencourt, P.S., V.N. Machado, B.g. Marshall, T. Hrbek and I.P. Farias, 2020. Phylogenetic relationships of the neon tetras Paracheirodon spp. (Characiformes: Characidae: Stethaprioninae), including comments on Petitella georgiae and Hemigrammus bleheri. Neotropical Ichthyology 18(2):1-11. (Ref. 127081)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00447 - 0.02817), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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