| General information |
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Astyanax bockmanni Vari & Castro, 2007 |
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| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Alambari River: Paranapanema River basin, southeastern, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Gill and Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
46 (24 males; 22 females) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
50 |
| Karyotype formula |
8m+8sm+18st+16a |
| Fundamental arm number |
84 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Three different B chromosomes were observed |
| Reference |
Daniel SN , Hashimoto DT ,Alves JCP , Foresti F, Foresti FP (2012). Cytogenetic characterization of distinct B chromosomes in a population of the fish Astyanax bockmanni(Teleostei, Characiformes), Caryologia: International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics, 65:3, 229-233. |
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