Pseudophoxinus hittitorum
General information
 
Pseudophoxinus hittitorum Freyhof & Ozulug, 2010
 
 
Synonyms
-
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Endangered (EN)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae.
Geographical distribution
Turkey
Occurrence Native: Turkey
Importance
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Beysehir-Eflatun Pınarı spring, Turkey
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
08 (males-04, females-04)
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
14M+26SM+10ST-A
Fundamental arm number
90
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Blocks of constitutive heterochromatin were present at the pericentromeric regions of many chromosome pairs; Ag-NORs were localized on the short arm of a SM chromosome pair
Reference(s)
Unal S, Gaffaroglu M, Ayata MK, Yuksel E (2014). Karyotype, C-banding and AgNORs of two endemic leuciscine fish, Pseudophoxinus crassus (Ladiges, 1960) and P. hittitorum Freyhof & Ozulug, 2010 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 8(4): 249–257.