Plagioscion squamosissimus ';
General information
 
Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840)
 
 
Common nameSouth American silver croaker, Pescada branca
Synonyms
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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; Sciaenidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana
Occurrence Native: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
Importance
Remarks
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Karyological information
Geographical area of study Tefé River, Catalão Lake, Pitinga River of Amazon basin, Brazil.
Source of chromosomes
Anterior kidney cell.
Number of specimens with sex
40 (24 male, 11 female, 5 unsexed)
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
48a
Fundamental arm number
48
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
-
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Single pair of different size Ag-NOR on 24th chromosome observed. C-banding located heterochromatin blocks exclusively in the pericentromeric region of all chromosomes, except NOR region, where a conspicuous heterochromatic block observed.
Reference(s)
Feldberg E, Porto JIR, dos Santos EBP, Valentim FCS (1996). Cytogenetic studies of two freshwater Sciaenids of the genus Plagioscion (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Central Amazon. Genet. Mol. Bio., 22(3): 351-356.