| General information |
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Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) |
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| Common name | Tengara mystus |
| Synonyms |
Pimelodus tengara Hamilton, 1822 Macrones tengara (Hamilton, 1822) |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Bagridae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India; Bangladesh; Pakistan; Myanmar; Nepal; Afghanistan |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: Bangladesh; native: Pakistan; native: Myanmar; native: Nepal; native: Afghanistan |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Record 1 |
| Geographical area of study |
Kurukshetra, Haryana, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
8 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
24m+18sm+2st+10A |
| Fundamental arm number |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
ZZ (metacentric) in male,WZ (one acrocentric W and |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
G-banding |
| Reference |
Rishi KK, Rishi S (1981). Giemsa Banding in Fish Chromosome. 3rd All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics In: Perspective in Cytology and Genetics. (Eds. G.K. Manna and U. Sinha) Hindasia Publishers, Delhi, 3: 103-106. |
| Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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| Record 2 |
| Geographical area of study |
River Jumna and its adioining tributaries near Delhi, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Testicular material |
| Number of specimens with sex |
Not reported |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
10m+44a |
| Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Not reported |
| Reference |
Nayyar RP(1966). Karyotype studies in thirteen species of fishes. Genetica, 37:78-92. |
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