| General information |
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Cobitis maroccana (Pellegrin, 1929) |
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| Synonyms |
Cobitis taenia maroccana Pellegrin, 1929 Cobitis marrocana Pellegrin, 1929 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Vulnerable (VU) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cobitidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Morocco; Spain |
| Occurrence |
endemic: Morocco; questionable: Spain |
| Importance |
Food; Ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Spain; Portugal |
| Source of chromosomes |
Gill and Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
61 (33 males; 24 females; 04 Unknown) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
50 |
| Karyotype formula |
6m+12sm+32a |
| Fundamental arm number |
68 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs detected in the biggest metacentric pair. |
| Reference |
Madeira JM, Collares-Pereira MJ, Elvira B (1992). Cytotaxonomy of Iberian loaches with some remarks on the karyological evolution of both families (Pisces, Cobitidae, Homalopteridae), Caryologia: International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, 45(3-4): 273-281. |
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