Rummy-nose tetra
| Rummy-nose tetra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Genus: | Petitella |
| Species: | P. rhodostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Petitella rhodostoma C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemigrammus rhodostomus | |
The rummy-nose tetra (Petitella rhodostoma) is a species of tropical freshwater characin fish originating in South America, popular among fishkeepers as a tropical aquarium fish. One of many small tetras belonging to the same genus, it is on average 5 cm (2 in) long when fully grown. The fish is one of several very similar species including Petitella bleheri, and Petitella georgiae, and it is possible that more recently collected specimens available in the aquarium trade are members of one or other of these similar species. The common name applied to most of these fishes is "rummy-nose tetra", though other common names are in circulation (such as "firehead tetra" for P. bleheri, and "false rummy nose tetra" for P. georgiae according to FishBase, and Fishkeeping World).