| General information |
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Cynolebias prognathus (Amato, 1986) |
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| Common name | Killifish |
| Valid name |
Austrolebias prognathus (Amato, 1986) |
| Synonyms |
Megalebias wolterstorffi (Ahl, 1924) |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Ovalentaria; Atherinomorphae; Cyprinodontiformes; Rivulidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Uruguay |
| Occurrence |
endemic: Uruguay |
| Importance |
Ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
La Salina,Uruguay |
| Source of chromosomes |
Branchia,kidney,intestine,gonads |
| Number of specimens with sex |
03 (02 males, 01 female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
36 |
| Karyotype formula |
12m,sm+24st,a |
| Fundamental arm number |
48 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
C-banding on three chromosome pairs, NORs on three chromosome pairs |
| Reference |
Garcia A, Scvortzoff E, Maspoli MC, Vaz-Ferreira R (1993). Analysis of karyotypic evolution in natural populations of Cynolebias (Pisces: Cyprin |ontiformes, Rivulidae) using banding techniques. Cytologia, 58: 85-94. |
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