| General information |
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Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876 |
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| Common name | Araçu cabeça gorda |
| Synonyms |
Brochis britskii Nijssen & Isbrucker, 1983 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characoidei; Anostomidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Argentina |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; questionable: Argentina |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Araguaia River (Amazon basin), townships of Barra do Garcas-MT and Aragarcas-GO, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
04 (3 males; 1female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
Not reported |
| Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs were terminal on the short arms of the ST chromosome pairs number 14 and 16; C- bands were restricted to the terminal position in one A pair and at the interstitial position in one pair of ST chromosomes |
| Reference |
Shimabukuro-Dias CK,Oliveira C, Foresti F (2004). Cytogenetic analysis of five species of the subfamily Corydoradinae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 27(4): 549-554. |
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