Meda fulgida ';
General information
 
Meda fulgida (Girard, 1856)
 
 
Common nameSpikedace
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
USA
Occurrence Native: USA
Importance
Remarks
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Aravaipa Creek, tributary to San Pedro River, at Wood Ranch, Pinal Co., Arizona
Source of chromosomes
Gill epithelium
Number of specimens with sex
13
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
18m+24sm-st+8t
Fundamental arm number
Not reported
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not identifiable
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Not reported
Reference(s)
Uyeno T, Miller RR (1973). Chromosomes and the evolution of the Plagopterin fishes (Cyprinidae) of the Colorado river system. Copeia, 1973(4): 776-782.