Astyanax bockmanni
General information
 
Astyanax bockmanni Vari & Castro, 2007
 
 
Synonyms

IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil
Occurrence Native: Brazil
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Alambari River, belonging to the Paranapanema River basin, Sao Paulo State, southeastern Brazil.
Source of chromosomes
Gill and kidney tissues.
Number of specimens with sex
23 (9 male, 14 female)
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
8m+8sm+18st+16a
Fundamental arm number
84
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
No karyotype difference related to sex was observed.
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
-
Reference(s)
Hashimoto DT, Ferguson-Smith MA, Rens W, Foresti F, Porto-Foresti F. (2011). Chromosome mapping of H1 histone and 5S rRNA gene clusters in three species of Astyanax (Teleostei, Characiformes). Cytogenet. Genome Res. 134(1): 64-71.