| General information |
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Retroculus lapidifer (Castelnau, 1855) |
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| Common name | Ajunta pedra |
| Synonyms |
Chromys lapidifera Castelnau, 1855 Acara lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855) Geophagus lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855) Retroculus lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855) Satanoperca lapidifera (Castelnau, 1855) Retroculus boulengeri Eigenmann & Bray, 1894 |
| 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 |
| Occurrence |
endemic: Brazil |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Araguaia river, Sao Felix do Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
2 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
48st/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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