General information |
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| Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1807) | ||
| Common name | Bothua | |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitat | Freshwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Anabantomorpharia; Anabantiformes; Channidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | India; China; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; Vietnam; Iran; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Bhutan; Nepal; Afghanistan |
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| Occurrence | Native: India, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Iran, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan, Afghanistan Questionable: Taiwan, Nepal |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Imphal and nearby areas in Manipur, India. | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney tissue. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 5 |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 52 |
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| Karyotype formula | 12m+10sm+14st+16t |
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| Fundamental arm number | 86 |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | - |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Almost all chromosomes exhibited prominent centromeric C-bands with a prominent constitutive heterochromatin block covering centromeric and pericentromeric region of the p arm of the larger metacentric chromosome. Single prominent Ag-NOR pair present on pericentric region of p arm of metacentric chromosome. A prominent CMA3 band was present on a single chromosome pair at the pericentric region. |
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| Reference(s) |
Kumar R, Kushwaha B, Nagpure NS, Behera BK, Lakra WS (2013). Karyological and molecular diversity in three freshwater species of the genus Channa (Teleostei, Perciformes) from India. Caryologia, 66(2): 109-119. |
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