| General information |
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Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) |
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| Common name | Threespot leporinus, Araçu cabeça gorda |
| Synonyms |
- |
| 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; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Trinidad and Tobago |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Argentina; native: Venezuela; native: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana; native: Trinidad and Tobago |
| Remarks |
Secondary constriction observed in long arm of pair 2, along with a terminal constriction. |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Mogi-Guacu river, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Source of chromosomes |
- |
| Number of specimens with sex |
17 (15 male, 12 female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
32m+22sm |
| Fundamental arm number |
108 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
No sex chromosome difference encountered. |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
- |
| Reference |
Galetti Jr. PM, Foresti F, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho 0. (1981). Karyotypic similarity in three genera (Leporinus, Leporellus and Schizodon) of the family Anostomidae (Pisces, Teleostei). Rev. Brasil. Genet., 4: 1 1-15. |
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