| General information |
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Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839) |
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| Common name | West African lungfish, Mamba |
| Synonyms |
Lepidosiren annectens Owen, 1839 Protopterus annectens annectens (Owen, 1839) Rhinocryptis annectens (Owen, 1839) Protopterus annectans (Owen, 1839) Protopterus anguilliformis Owen, 1841 Protopterus rhinocryptis Gray, 1850 Lepidosiren tobal Castelnau, 1855 Protopterus annectens brieni Poll, 1961 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnoi; Lepidosireniformes; Protopteridae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Kenya; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Sudan; Ivory Coast; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Benin; Burkina Faso; Central African Republic; Chad; Gambia; Mali; Niger; Togo |
| Occurrence |
native: Kenya; native: Nigeria; native: Cameroon; native: Ghana; questionable: Sudan; native: Ivory Coast; native: Senegal; native: Guinea; native: Sierra Leone; native: Benin; native: Burkina Faso; native: Central African Republic; native: Chad; native: Gambia; native: Mali; native: Niger; native: Togo |
| Importance |
Food/Ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Nigeria |
| Source of chromosomes |
Gonads, spleen, gills, gut & muscle |
| Number of specimens with sex |
10 (male and female juveniles) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
34 |
| Karyotype formula |
16m+6sm+12t |
| Fundamental arm number |
56 |
| Chromosome length |
5-30 |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Heterochromatic bands were centromeric in position; Ag-NORs were present on a small telocentric chromosome pair; FISH with human telomeric sequences labelled telomeres on all chromosomes. |
| Reference |
Morescalchi MA, Rocco L, Stingo V (2002). Cytogenetic and molecular studies in a lungfish, Protopterus annectens (Osteichthyes, Dipnoi). Gene, 295: 279–287. |
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