General information |
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| Chaetodon collare (Bloch, 1787) | ||
| Common name | Redtail butterflyfish | |
| Synonyms |
Chaetodon praetextatus Cantor, 1849 Chaetodon parallelus Gronow, 1854 Chaetodon collare duplicicollis Ahl, 1923 Chaetodon viridis Bleeker, 1845 Chaetodon collaris Bloch, 1787 Chaetodon fowleri Klausewitz, 1955 |
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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; China; Japan; Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Thailand; Taiwan; Maldives; Vietnam; Oman; Yemen; Hong Kong; Brunei; Madagascar |
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| Occurrence | Native: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Maldives, Vietnam, Oman, Yemen, Hong Kong, Brunei, Madagascar |
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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 | Kovalam beach, Tiruvananthapuram, India | |
| Source of chromosomes | Gill and Kidney |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 6 |
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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 | Not reported |
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| Sex chromosome | Not detected |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Ag-NOR sites on 2 chromosome pairs |
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| Reference(s) |
Nagpure NS, Kumar R, Srivastava SK, Kushwaha B, Gopalakrishnan A, Basheer VS (2006). Cytogenetic Characterization of Marine Ornamental Fishes Chaetodon collare and Stegastes insularis from Western Coast of India. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 48(2): 267-269. |
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