Channa gachua ';
General information
 
Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1807)
 
 
Common nameBothua
Synonyms
-
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Anabantomorpharia; Anabantiformes; Channidae.
Geographical distribution
India; China; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; Vietnam; Iran; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Bhutan; Nepal; Afghanistan
Occurrence Native: India, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Iran, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan, Afghanistan
Questionable: Taiwan, Nepal
Importance
Remarks
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Imphal and nearby areas in Manipur, India.
Source of chromosomes
Kidney tissue.
Number of specimens with sex
5
Diploid chromosome number
52
Karyotype formula
12m+10sm+14st+16t
Fundamental arm number
86
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
-
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Almost all chromosomes exhibited prominent centromeric C-bands with a prominent constitutive heterochromatin block covering centromeric and pericentromeric region of the p arm of the larger metacentric chromosome. Single prominent Ag-NOR pair present on pericentric region of p arm of metacentric chromosome. A prominent CMA3 band was present on a single chromosome pair at the pericentric region.
Reference(s)
Kumar R, Kushwaha B, Nagpure NS, Behera BK, Lakra WS (2013). Karyological and molecular diversity in three freshwater species of the genus Channa (Teleostei, Perciformes) from India. Caryologia, 66(2): 109-119.