| General information |
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Schizothorax niger (Heckel, 1838) |
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| Common name | Chush snowtrout, Ale gad |
| Valid name |
Schizopyge niger (Heckel, 1838) |
| Synonyms |
Schizothoraichthys niger Heckel, 1838 Schizothorax planifrons (Heckel, 1838) Schizothoraichthys planifrons (Heckel, 1838) |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India; Pakistan |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: Pakistan |
| Importance |
Food/sports |
| Karyological information |
| Record 1 |
| Geographical area of study |
Nagin lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
6 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
98 |
| Karyotype formula |
24m+32sm+22st+20t |
| Fundamental arm number |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
| Reference |
Ganai FA, Yousuf AR, Dar SA, Tripathi NK, Wani SU (2011). Cytotaxonomic Status of Schizothoracine Fishes of Kashmir Himalaya (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Caryologia. 64(4): 435-445. |
| Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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| Record 2 |
| Geographical area of study |
Nagin lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Gill and Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
6 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
98 |
| Karyotype formula |
22m+26sm+8st+42t |
| Fundamental arm number |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
| Reference |
Khuda Bukhsh AR, Nayak K (1982). Karyomorphology Studies in Two Species of Hill Stream Fishes from Kashmir, India. Chromosomes Information Sevice, Japan, 33: 12-14. |
| Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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| Record 3 |
| Geographical area of study |
Kashmir valley, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Anterior kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
6 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
98 |
| Karyotype formula |
24m+32sm+22st+20t |
| Fundamental arm number |
154 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
- |
| Reference |
Ganai FA, Wani S, Ahmad S, Yousuf AR, Tripathi NK (2014). Coupled biochemical genetic and karyomorphological analyses for taxonomic classification- A case study of Schizothorax species complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). African J Biotech. 13(15): 1623-1630. |
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