| General information |
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Chaetodon decussatus (Cuvier, 1829) |
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| Common name | Indian vagabond butterflyfish |
| 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 |
India; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand; Maldives; Oman; Yemen; Australia |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: Indonesia; native: Sri Lanka; native: Singapore; native: Thailand; native: Maldives; native: Oman; native: Yemen; native: Australia |
| 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. |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Phuket province, Andaman Sea, Southern Thailand. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney cells. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
8 (4 male, 4 female). |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
48t |
| Fundamental arm number |
48 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
Cytologically no distinguishable sex chromosome. |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NOR regions found adjacent to long arm centromeric region of medium telocentric chromosome pair 18. |
| Reference |
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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