| General information |
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Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840) |
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| Common name | Flag cichlid, Acará Bandeira |
| Synonyms |
Heros festivus Heckel, 1840 Mesonauta festiva (Heckel, 1840) Mesonauta festivum (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; Peru; Venezuela |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Peru; misidentification: Venezuela |
| Importance |
Food/ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Araguaia river, Barra do Garcas and Sao Felix Araguaia, MT, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
10 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
14m/sm+34st/a |
| Fundamental arm number |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
rDNA sites on 6 chromosome pairs |
| 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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| Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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