| General information |
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Chaetodon triangulum (Cuvier, 1831) |
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| Common name | Triangle butterflyfish, Kepe merak |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Percomorpharia; Chaetodontidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Indonesia; Thailand; Taiwan; Maldives; Vietnam; Madagascar; Seychelles |
| Occurrence |
native: Indonesia; native: Thailand; native: Taiwan; native: Maldives; questionable: Vietnam; native: Madagascar; native: Seychelles |
| Remarks |
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| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Coastal waters of Phuket and Phang Nga Provinces, Andaman Sea, Thailand (two localities). |
| Source of chromosomes |
Anterior kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
10 (5 male, 5 female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
48a |
| Fundamental arm number |
48 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
One pair Ag-NORs observed on long arm centromeric region of large telocentric chromosome pair 21. |
| Reference |
Supiwong W, Boonsuk J, Jantarat S, Suvarnaraksha A, Pengseng P, Tanomtong A (2017). The first chromosomal characteristics of nucleolar organizer regions and karyological analysis of two Chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae). Cytologia 82(1) Special Issue: 33–39. |
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