Petitella bleheri is a species of characin found in Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru.

[2] The specific name, bleheri, honors the species’ discoverer, Heiko Bleher.

[3] The mitochondrial genome of Petitella bleheri was fully sequenced in 2015 using standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, and found to be 17,021 base pairs long.

Feed a mixture of dried flakes and granules and small live and frozen foods.

Between the years of 2006 to 2015, 7,178,906 specimens of Petitella bleheri were exported from the Amazonas state of Brazil, accounting for 5.04% of all fish exported from Amazonas for the ornamental fish trade during that time.