Leporinus trifasciatus ';
General information
 
Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876
 
 
Common nameAraçu cabeça gorda
Synonyms
Brochis britskii Nijssen & Isbrucker, 1983
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characoidei; Anostomidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil; Argentina
Occurrence Native: Brazil
Questionable: Argentina
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Araguaia River (Amazon basin), townships of Barra do Garcas-MT and Aragarcas-GO, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
04 (3 males; 1female)
Diploid chromosome number
54
Karyotype formula
Not reported
Fundamental arm number
Not reported
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag-NORs were terminal on the short arms of the ST chromosome pairs number 14 and 16; C- bands were restricted to the terminal position in one A pair and at the interstitial position in one pair of ST chromosomes
Reference(s)
Shimabukuro-Dias CK,Oliveira C, Foresti F (2004). Cytogenetic analysis of five species of the subfamily Corydoradinae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 27(4): 549-554.