| General information |
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Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1807) |
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| Common name | Bothua |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Anabantomorpharia; Anabantiformes; Channidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India; China; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; Vietnam; Iran; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Bhutan; Nepal; Afghanistan |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: China; native: Indonesia; native: Bangladesh; native: Malaysia; native: Sri Lanka; native: Pakistan; native: Singapore; native: Thailand; questionable: Taiwan; native: Vietnam; native: Iran; native: Myanmar; native: Laos; native: Cambodia; native: Bhutan; questionable: Nepal; native: Afghanistan |
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| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Imphal and nearby areas in Manipur, India. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney tissue. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
5 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
52 |
| Karyotype formula |
12m+10sm+14st+16t |
| Fundamental arm number |
86 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Almost all chromosomes exhibited prominent centromeric C-bands with a prominent constitutive heterochromatin block covering centromeric and pericentromeric region of the p arm of the larger metacentric chromosome. Single prominent Ag-NOR pair present on pericentric region of p arm of metacentric chromosome. A prominent CMA3 band was present on a single chromosome pair at the pericentric region. |
| Reference |
Kumar R, Kushwaha B, Nagpure NS, Behera BK, Lakra WS (2013). Karyological and molecular diversity in three freshwater species of the genus Channa (Teleostei, Perciformes) from India. Caryologia, 66(2): 109-119. |
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