Piabina argentea ';
General information
 
Piabina argentea Reinhardt, 1867
 
 
Common namePiaba
Synonyms
-
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characidae.
Geographical distribution
Brazil
Occurrence Native: Brazil
Importance
Remarks
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Lake at the margins of the Sao Francisco River (Tres Marias, MG, Brazil)
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
31(15 males, 16 females)
Diploid chromosome number
52
Karyotype formula
8m+14sm+16st+14a
Fundamental arm number
90
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Constitutive heterochromatin was detected in few chromosomes in the pericentromeric region. Ag-NORs were located in a telomeric position on short arm of acrocentric pair no. 20, coinciding with a heterochromatic region.
Reference(s)
Moreira PWA, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O (2007). Comparative cytogenetics between three Characidae fish species from the Sao Francisco river basin. Caryologia, 60(1-2): 64-68.