General information |
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| Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 | ||
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Not Reported |
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| Habitat | Freshwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | Brazil |
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| Occurrence | Native: Brazil |
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| Importance | Food |
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| Remarks | Nil |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Upper Paran River system, SP, Brazil | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney and gills |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 1 male and 1 female |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 50 |
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| Karyotype formula | 32m/sm+18st/a |
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| Fundamental arm number | 82 |
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| Sex chromosome | ||
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Ag NORs location: distal end of the short arm of 2 A, long arm of 1 SM in 10% of the metaphases; 5S probe hybridization: pericentromeric region of 2 M; 28S probe hybridization: distal end of the short arm of 2 A, co-localized with the 5S in the pericentromeric region of 2 M. |
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| Reference(s) |
Almeida-Toledo LF, Ozouf-Costaz C, Foresti F, Bonillo C, Porto-Foresti F, Daniel-Silvaa MFZ (2002). Conservation of the 5S-bearing chromosome pair and co-localization with major rDNA clusters in five species of Astyanax (Pisces, Characidae). Cytogenet. Genome Res., 97: 229–233.
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