Mesonauta festivus ';
General information
 
Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840)
 
 
Common nameFlag cichlid, Acará Bandeira
Synonyms
Heros festivus Heckel, 1840
Mesonauta festiva (Heckel, 1840)
Mesonauta festivum (Heckel, 1840)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Cichlidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil; Peru; Venezuela
Occurrence Native: Brazil, Peru
Misidentification: Venezuela
Importance
Food/ornamental
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Araguaia river, Barra do Garcas and Sao Felix Araguaia, MT, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
10
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
14m/sm+34st/a
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
rDNA sites on 6 chromosome pairs
Reference(s)
Poletto AB, Ferreira IA, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Nakajima RT, Mazzuchelli J, Ribeiro HB, Venere PC, Nirchio M, Kocher TD, Martins C (2010). Chromosome differentiation Patterns During Cichlid Fish Evolution. BMC Genetics, 11: 50.
Karyology remarks

Karyotype /Metaphase complement image