Mystus tengara ';
General information
Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822)
 
 
Common nameTengara mystus
Synonyms
Pimelodus tengara Hamilton, 1822
Macrones tengara (Hamilton, 1822)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Bagridae.
Geographical distribution
India; Bangladesh; Pakistan; Myanmar; Nepal; Afghanistan
Occurrence Native: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Afghanistan
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
8
Diploid chromosome number
54
Karyotype formula
24m+18sm+2st+10A
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
ZZ (metacentric) in male,WZ (one acrocentric W and
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
G-banding
Reference(s)
Rishi KK, Rishi S (1981). Giemsa Banding in Fish Chromosome. 3rd All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics In: Perspective in Cytology and Genetics. (Eds. G.K. Manna and U. Sinha) Hindasia Publishers, Delhi, 3: 103-106.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image