General information |
Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) |
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Common name | Redstriped eartheater |
Synonyms |
Satanoperca jurapari (Heckel, 1840) Sparus surinamensis Bloch, 1791 |
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 |
Singapore; USA; Brazil; Colombia; Peru; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana |
Occurrence |
introduced: Singapore; introduced: USA; misidentification: Brazil; misidentification: Colombia; misidentification: Peru; misidentification: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana |
Importance |
Food/ornamental |
Karyological information |
Record 1 |
Geographical area of study |
Orinoco river, Caicara, Venezuela |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
3 |
Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
Karyotype formula |
4m/sm+44st/a |
Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
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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Record 2 |
Geographical area of study |
Manaus-AM, Brazil |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
09 (06 males; 03 females) |
Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
Karyotype formula |
4m/sm+44st/a |
Fundamental arm number |
52 |
Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Not reported |
Reference |
Thompson KW (1979). Cytotaxonomy of 41 species of Neotropical Cichlidae. 4:679-691. |
Record 3 |
Geographical area of study |
Not reported |
Source of chromosomes |
Gill |
Number of specimens with sex |
01 female |
Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
Karyotype formula |
4msm+44stt |
Fundamental arm number |
52 |
Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
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Reference |
Thompson KW (1979). Cytotaxonomy of 41 species of Neotropical Cichlidae. 4:679-691. |
Record 4 |
Geographical area of study |
Venezuela. |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney tissue. |
Number of specimens with sex |
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Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
Karyotype formula |
2m+2sm+12st+32a |
Fundamental arm number |
64 |
Chromosome length |
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Sex chromosome |
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Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
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Reference |
Nirchio M, Rossi AR, Foresti F, Oliveira C (2014). Chromosome evolution in fishes: a new challenging proposal from Neotropical species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12(4): 761-770. |
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