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 Teite River, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Kidney and gills
Number of specimens with sex
1 female
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
36 m/sm+ 14st/a
Fundamental arm number
86
Chromosome length
Sex chromosome
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag NORs location: distal portion of the short arm of 2 A; 5S probe hybridization: pericentromeric region of 2 M and 2 A; 28S probe hybridization: short arm of 2 A; co-localize in the pericentromeric region of 2 M and 2 A.
Reference(s)
Almeida-Toledo LF, Ozouf-Costaz C, Foresti F, Bonillo C, Porto-Foresti F, Daniel-Silvaa MFZ (2002). Conservation of the 5S-bearing chromosome pair and co-localization with major rDNA clusters in five species of Astyanax (Pisces, Characidae). Cytogenet. Genome Res., 97: 229–233.