Heros efasciatus ';
General information
 
Heros efasciatus (Heckel, 1840)
 
 
Common nameAcará-peba
Synonyms
Chromys appendiculata Castelnau, 1855
Heros appendiculatus (Castelnau, 1855)
Chromys fasciata Castelnau, 1855
Uarus centrarchoides Cope, 1872
Cichlasoma severum perpunctatum Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Cichlidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil; Peru; French Guiana
Occurrence Native: Brazil, Peru
Misidentification: French Guiana
Importance
Food/ornamental
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Araguaia river, Barra do Garcas and Sao Felix Araguaia, MT, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
3
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
8m/sm+40st/a
Fundamental arm number
Not reported
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
rDNA sites on 2 chromosome pairs (st/a)
Reference(s)
Poletto AB, Ferreira IA, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Nakajima RT, Mazzuchelli J, Ribeiro HB, Venere PC, Nirchio M, Kocher TD, Martins C (2010). Chromosome differentiation Patterns During Cichlid Fish Evolution. BMC Genetics, 11: 50.
Karyology remarks