| General information |
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Farlowella amazonum (Gunther, 1864) |
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| Common name | Acaràespada |
| Synonyms |
Liposarcus anisitsi (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903) Acestra amazonum Gunther, 1864 Farlowella amazona (Gunther, 1864) Acestra gladiolus Gunther, 1864 Farlowella gladiolus (Gunther, 1864) Farlowella carinata Garman, 1889 Farlowella pseudogladiolus Steindachner, 1910 Farlowella paranaense Meinken, 1937 Farlowella oliveirae Miranda Ribeiro, 1939 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Loricariidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Argentina |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Argentina |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Dourado stream, Iguatemi River, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
04 (02 males;02 females) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
58 |
| Karyotype formula |
12m+30sm+10st+6a |
| Fundamental arm number |
110 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
C-bands on pericentromeric regions of 6 pairs of chromosomes; Ag-staining showed NORs on the short arms of 2 pairs of sm-st chromosomes. |
| Reference |
Fernandes CA, Alves DS, Guterres AR, Martins-Santos IC (2015). Cytogenetic analysis of two locariid species (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from Iguatemi River (Parana River drainage) in Brazil. Comparative Cytogenetics 9(1): 67-78. |
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