Petitella

Petitella bleheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 (3): P. bleheri – P. georgiae – P. rhodostoma

Name

Petitella Géry & Boutière, 1964

• Type species: Petitella georgiae Géry & Boutière, 1964.
• Etymology: –ella, diminutive connoting endearment: in honor of zoologist-anatomist Georges Petit (1892-1973), Directeur du Laboratoire Arago. [1]

References

Primary references

• Géry, J. & Boutière, H. 1964. Petitella georgiae gen. et sp. nov. (Pisces, Cypriniformes, Characoidei). Vie et Milieu Suppl. No. 17: 473–484. [Full issue PDF]. Reference page.