| General information |
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Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) |
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| Common name | Redbreast acara, Cará |
| Synonyms |
Acara dorsiger Heckel, 1840 Aequidens dorsiger (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) Astronotus dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) Parvacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) |
| 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; Argentina; Colombia |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Argentina; misidentification: Colombia |
| Importance |
Food/ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Bahia river, Pracinha, PR, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
1 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
44 |
| Karyotype formula |
4m/sm+40st/a |
| Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
rDNA sites on 2 chromosome pairs (st/a) |
| 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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