General information |
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| Chaetodon decussatus (Cuvier, 1829) | ||
| Common name | Indian vagabond butterflyfish | |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitat | Saltwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Percomorpharia; Chaetodontidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | India; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand; Maldives; Oman; Yemen; Australia |
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| Occurrence | Native: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Maldives, Oman, Yemen, Australia |
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| Importance | ||
| Remarks | Centromeric index between 0.50–0.59, 0.60–0.69, 0.70–0.89 and 0.90–0.99 described as meta-, submeta-, acro-centric and telocentric chromosomes, respectively. Fundamental arm number obtained by assigning a value of two to meta-, submeta- & acro-centric chromosomes and one to telocentric chromosomes. |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Phuket province, Andaman Sea, Southern Thailand. | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney cells. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 8 (4 male, 4 female). |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 48 |
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| Karyotype formula | 48t |
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| Fundamental arm number | 48 |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | Cytologically no distinguishable sex chromosome. |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Ag-NOR regions found adjacent to long arm centromeric region of medium telocentric chromosome pair 18. |
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| Reference(s) |
Supiwong W, Boonsuk J, Jumrusthanasan S, Pinthong K, Suvarnaraksha A, Tanomtong A. (2017). First report of chromosome analysis of two Chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae). Cytologia 82(1) Special Issue: 25–31. |
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