General information |
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Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899) |
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Common name | Spotted tilapia, Tigrovaya tsikhlida |
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Synonyms |
Tilapia mariae mariae Boulenger, 1899 Tilapia dubia Boulenger, 1899 Tilapia mariae dubia Lonnberg, 1904 Tilapia meeki Lonnberg, 1904 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
Habitat |
Freshwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Cichlidae. |
Geographical distribution |
Russia; Australia; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; USA; Benin |
Occurrence |
Introduced: Russia, Australia, USA
Native: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin
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Importance |
Food |
Remarks |
Nil |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Aquac. Facility, University of Maryland, USA |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
2 |
Diploid chromosome number |
40 |
Karyotype formula |
8m/sm+32st/a |
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Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
rDNA sites on 2 chromosome pairs (st/a) |
Reference(s) |
Poletto AB, Ferreira IA, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Nakajima RT, Mazzuchelli J, Ribeiro HB, Venere PC, Nirchio M, Kocher TD, Martins C (2010). Chromosome differentiation Patterns During Cichlid Fish Evolution. BMC Genetics, 11(50): 1471-2156. |
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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