Firehead tetra
Petitella bleheri
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A rummynose tetra from Brazil and Colombia.
- Scientific name
- Petitella bleheri
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Hemigrammus bleheri
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–26 °C
- pH
- 5–6
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 3.6 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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