| General information |
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Chaetobranchus flavescens (Heckel, 1840) |
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| Common name | Acará prata |
| Synonyms |
Aequidens flavescens (Heckel, 1840) Centrarchus cyanopterus Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843 Chaetobranchus bruneus Heckel, 1840 Geophagus badiipinnis Cope, 1872 Chaetobranchus robustus Gunther, 1862 Chromys ucayalensis Castelnau, 1855 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Cichlidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Peru; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Peru; native: Venezuela; native: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana |
| Importance |
Ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Araguaia river, Sao Felix do Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
1 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
6m/sm+42st/a |
| Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
rDNA sites on 2 chromosome pairs (m/sm) |
| Reference |
Poletto AB, Ferreira IA, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Nakajima RT, Mazzuchelli J, Ribeiro HB, Venere PC, Nirchio M, Kocher TD, Martins C (2010). Chromosome differentiation Patterns During Cichlid Fish Evolution. BMC Genetics, 11: 50. |
| Karyology remarks |
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