| General information |
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Trichomycterus areolatus (Valenciennes, 1846) |
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| Synonyms |
Pygidium marmoratum (Philippi, 1866) Trichomycterus areolatum Valenciennes, 1846 Trichomycterus marmoratus Philippi, 1866 Trichomycterus tigrinus Philippi, 1866 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Data Deficient (DD) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Trichomycteridae |
| Geographical distribution |
Chile |
| Occurrence |
endemic: Chile |
| Importance |
Fisheries of no interest |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Tijeral and Huilma rivers in Southern Chile, South America |
| Source of chromosomes |
Bronchial epithelium of the fishes |
| Number of specimens with sex |
25 (04 male; 04 female;17 unknown) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
44m + 8sm + 2st |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
| Reference |
Colihueque N, Corrales O, Parraguez M (2006). Karyotype and Nuclear DNA Content of Trichomycterus areolatus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 29 (2): 278-282. |
| Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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