Heteropneustes fossilis ';
General information
Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
 
 
Common nameStinging catfish
Synonyms
Saccobranchus microcephalus Gunther 1864
Saccobranchus microps (non Gunther, 1864)
Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822)
Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794
Silurus laticeps Swainson 1838
Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Heteropneustidae.
Geographical distribution
India; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Thailand; Iraq; Iran; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Nepal; Turkey
Occurrence Native: India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal
Questionable: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
Introduced: Iraq, Turkey
Importance
Food/medicinal
Remarks
Traumatogenic to humans
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Lucknow, India
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
7
Diploid chromosome number
56
Karyotype formula
14m+20sm+12st+10t
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag-NOR sites on 1 chromosome pairs
Reference(s)
Kushwaha B, Nagpure NS, Srivastava SK, Ponniah AG (2002). Cytogenetic Studies in Two Geographical Stocks of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch). The Indian journal of Animal Sciences, 72 (4): 348-350.