General information |
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Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788) | ||
Common name | Mulatto conger | |
Synonyms |
Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788 Muraena anguina Gronow, 1854 Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856 Gymnothorax nigrocastaneus Cope, 1871 Enchelycore nigrocastaneus (Cope, 1871) Gymnothorax umbrosus Poey, 1875 Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, 1920 |
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IUCN Red List status (2014) | Not Reported |
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Habitat | Saltwater |
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Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae. |
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Geographical distribution | Philippines; Taiwan; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Togo |
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Occurrence | Native: Philippines, Taiwan, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Benin, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo |
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Importance | Food/ornamental |
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Remarks | Nil |
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Karyological information |
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Geographical area of study | St Peter and St Paul Archipelago, Brazil | |
Source of chromosomes | Kidney |
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Number of specimens with sex | 6 (02 males; 04 females) |
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Diploid chromosome number | 42 |
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Karyotype formula | 6m+8sm+12st+16a |
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Fundamental arm number | 68 |
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Chromosome length | 1.2 to 10 |
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Sex chromosome | Not detected |
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Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | C-banding revealed heterochromatic regions at the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, AgNORs located on the short arms of pair 11 (st). |
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Reference(s) |
Vasconcelos AJM, Molina WF (2009). Cytogenetical studies in five Atlantic Anguilliformes fishes. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 32(1): 83-90. |
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