| General information |
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Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839) |
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| Common name | Giant river-catfish |
| Synonyms |
Platystoma seenghala Sykes, 1839 Aoria seenghala (Sykes, 1839) Aorichthys seenghala (Sykes, 1839) Bagrus seenghala (Sykes, 1839) Macrones seenghala (Sykes, 1839) Mystus seenghala (Sykes, 1839) Aor seenghala (Sykes, 1839) Aorichthys seengala (Sykes, 1839) Mystus seenghali (Sykes, 1839) Mystus seenghara (Sykes, 1839) Platystomus seenghala Sykes, 1839 Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes, 1840 Macrones lamarrii (Valenciennes, 1840) Aorichthys aor sarwari Mirza, Nawaz & Javed, 1992 Sperata sarwari (Mirza, Nawaz & Javed, 1992) |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Bagridae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India; China; Bangladesh; Pakistan; Thailand; Myanmar; Nepal; Afghanistan |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: China; native: Bangladesh; native: Pakistan; native: Thailand; native: Myanmar; native: Nepal; native: Afghanistan |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Yamuna river,Maheva village, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
8 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
24m+18sm+2st+10t |
| Fundamental arm number |
96 |
| Chromosome length |
0.96 to 2. 23 |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
CMA3 staining revealed NORs on third submetacentric chromosome pair; C-bands on one pair. |
| Reference |
Kushwaha B, Yadav SK, Kumar R, Nagpure NS, Srivastava SK and Lakra WS (2008). Characterization of Freshwater Catfishes Rita Rita (Hamilton, 1822) and Sperata Seenghala (Sykes, 1839) using Fluorescent Chromosome Banding. The Nucleus 51(3): 267-277. |
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