| General information |
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Hemiodus ocellatus (Vari, 1982) |
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| Common name | Jatuarana |
| Valid name |
Hemiodus argenteus Pellegrin, 1909 |
| Synonyms |
Hemiodopsis microlepis (Kner, 1858) Hemiodopsis argenteus (Pellegrin, 1909) Hemiodopsis ocellata Vari, 1982 Hemiodus ocellatus (Vari, 1982) |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Hemiodontidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Venezuela; native: Guyana; native: Suriname |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Uatuma river, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
03 (01 male;02 females) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
26M+24SM+4ST |
| Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
NORs on terminal position of the long arm of large submetacentric chromosome pair |
| Reference |
Porto JIR, Feldberg E, Falcao JDN, Nakayama CM (1993). Cytogenetic studies in Hemiodidae (Ostariophysi, Characiformes) fishes from the Central Amazon. Cytologia, 58: 397-402. |
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