Corydoras ehrhardti
General information
 
Corydoras ehrhardti (Steindachner, 1910)
 
 
Synonyms
-
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Callichthyidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil
Occurrence Native: Brazil
Importance
Remarks
FISH with 18S & 5S rDNA probes showed a syntenic location on terminal and proximal positions of long arm of metacentric pair 3. Telomeric probe (TTAGGG)n showed uniform signals on telomeres of all chromosomes.
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Verde River (Tibagi basin-Upper Paraná River, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil.
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
24
Diploid chromosome number
44
Karyotype formula
18m+26sm
Fundamental arm number
88
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
-
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Large blocks of pericentromeric heterochromatin on metacentric pairs 3, 5, 6, and 8 and submetacentric pairs 10, 14, and 17 observed.
Reference(s)
Patrícia Barbosa P, Pucci MB, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Artoni RF, Vicari MR (2017). Karyotype analysis of three species of Corydoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from southern Brazil: rearranged karyotypes and cytotaxonomy. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15(1): e160056.