| General information |
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Liza abu (Heckel, 1843) |
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| Common name | Abu mullet |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Ovalentaria; Mugilomorphae; Mugilidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Pakistan; Iraq; Iran; Turkey |
| Occurrence |
native: Pakistan; native: Iraq; native: Iran; native: Turkey |
| Remarks |
- |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Devegecidi reservoir and Tigris River near Diyarbakir city, Turkey. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney cells. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
20 (8 male and 12 female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
2m+46a |
| Fundamental arm number |
50 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
Morphologically distinct sex chromosomes not observed. |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
AgNOR detected on terminal region of one middle-sized acrocentric chromosomes pair. |
| Reference |
Deger D, Unlu E, Gaffaroglu M (2013). Karyotype of mullet Liza abu Heckel, 1846 (Pisces: Mugilidae) from the Tigris River, Turkey. J. Appl. Ichthyol., 29 (2013), 234–236. |
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