Steindachnerina insculpta ';
General information
 
Steindachnerina insculpta (Fernandez-Yepez, 1948)
 
 
Common nameFernete
Synonyms
Cruxentina insculpta Fernandez-Yepez, 1948
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characoidei; Curimatidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil
Occurrence Native: Brazil
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Paranapanema and Tietê Rivers, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Source of chromosomes
Kidney cell
Number of specimens with sex
23 (10 male, 13 female)
Diploid chromosome number
54
Karyotype formula
54m/sm
Fundamental arm number
-
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
No chromosome differences among male and female species.
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag-NORs, CMA3 and 18S rDNA signals localized at terminal region of long arm of large metacentric chromosome pair 7. Heterochromatin blocks seen on several centromeric and a few telomeric regions. Conspicuous heterochromatic blocks visualized on long arm of chromosome pair 7.
Reference(s)
De Rosa, LVS, Foresti F, Martins C, Oliveira C, Sobrinho PE, Wasko AP (2007). Cytogenetic analyses of two Curimatidae species (Pisces; Characiformes) from the Paranapanema and Tietê Rivers. Braz. J. Biol., 67(2): 333-338.