Acanthurus coeruleus ';
General information
 
Acanthurus coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
 
 
Common nameBlue tang surgeonfish
Synonyms
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IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Acanthuridae.
Geographical distribution
USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; 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)
Occurrence Native: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, 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)
Importance
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Remarks
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Karyological information
Geographical area of study Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia in Northeastern Brazilian shore
Source of chromosomes
Anterior kidney.
Number of specimens with sex
9
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
2sm+4st+42a
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.
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.