Astyanax scabripinnis ';
General information
 
Astyanax scabripinnis L. Jenyns, 1842
 
 
Common namePiaba
Synonyms
Tetragonopterus scabripinnis Jenyns, 1842
Astyanax scabripinnis scabripinnis (Jenyns, 1842)
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; Argentina
Occurrence Native: Brazil, Argentina
Importance
Remarks
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Canta Gala brook, Itirapina SaoPaulo State, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Short term culture of kidney, gill and intestine.
Number of specimens with sex
38 males annd 43 female
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
4m+26sm+4st+16t
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Sex chromosome
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
A close relationship was observed between large telomeric heterochromatic segments and GC-specific fluorochrome bands; FISH analysis indicates that rDNA clusters are not always located on CMA+ (or MM+) bands
Reference(s)
Souza IL, Galian J, De La Rua P, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O (2001). Non-random Distribution of the GC-rich heterochromatin and nucleolar rDNA sites on Astyanax scabripinnis chromosomes. Cytologia, 66: 85-91.