General information |
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| Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) | ||
| Common name | Doctorfish | |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitat | Saltwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Acanthuridae. |
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| Geographical distribution | Senegal; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA) |
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| Occurrence | Native: Senegal, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA) |
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| Importance | - |
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| Remarks | - |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia in Northeastern Brazilian shore | |
| Source of chromosomes | Anterior kidney. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 17 |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 34 |
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| Karyotype formula | 12m+2sm+4st+16a |
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| Fundamental arm number | - |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | - |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Small amounts of heterochromatin detected mainly at pericentromeric regions and interspersed with NORs. Single Ag-NOR found on short arms of largest subtelocentric pair. |
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| Reference(s) |
Affonso PRAM, Fernandes MA, Almeida JS, Molina WF (2014). Sequential steps of chromosomal differentiation in Atlantic Surgeonfishes: Evolutionary Inferences. The Scientific World Journal, Vol. 2014, Article ID 825703, 7 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/825703. |
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