Hoplias malabaricus ';
General information
 
Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
 
 
Common nameTrahira, Haimara
Synonyms
Sphyrna diplana Springer, 1941
Esox malabaricus Bloch, 1794
Macrodon malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
Hoplias malabarica (Bloch, 1794)
Synodus tareira Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synodus palustris Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Erythrinus trahira Agassiz, 1829
Erythrinus macrodon Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Macrodon tareira Valenciennes, 1847
Macrodon ferox Gill, 1858
Astyanax bimaculatus incaicus Tortonese, 1942
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characoidei; Erythrinidae.
Geographical distribution
USA; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Ecuador; Uruguay; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Costa Rica; Trinidad and Tobago
Occurrence Not established: USA
Native: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Iguacu river, Tibagi river. Ivai river, Ribeira river, Ponta Grossa and Castro, State of Parana; Pariquera-Acu, State of Sao Paulo,
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
113 (63 males; 50 females)
Diploid chromosome number
42
Karyotype formula
24m+18sm
Fundamental arm number
84
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Presence of C-positive heterochromatic segments in the centromeric/pericentromeric regions, Ag-NORs located at telomeric region of some chromosome pairs, FISH using 18S rDNA probe, confirmed the presence of major ribosomal sites in pairs number 10,16 and 21 in all populations.
Reference(s)
Affonso PRAM, Miranda VS, Medrado AS, Jacobina UP, Bitencourt JA, Almeida JS, Carneiro PLS (2007). Chromosomes in Focus: Basic Cytogenetics, Light Microscopy and the Case of Neotropical Fish. Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy (Mendez-Vilas A and Diaz J, Eds) pp 370-377.