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Nirchio M, Rossi AR, Foresti F, Oliveira C (2014). Chromosome evolution in fishes: a new challenging proposal from Neotropical species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12(4): 761-770.

General information

Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)


Common name	Flying gurnard
Synonyms	-
IUCN Red List status (2014)	Not Reported
Habitat	Saltwater
Systematics	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Dactylopteriformes; Dactylopteridae.
Geographical distribution	Syria; Turkey; Algeria; Angola; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Guinea; UK; Italy; Ukraine; USA; Mexico; Canada; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Venezuela; Uruguay; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Cayman Islands; CuraÃ§ao Island; Grenada; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Albania; Cyprus; Malta; Cape Verde; Gabon; Sao Tome and Principe
Occurrence	Native: Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Angola, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Guinea, UK, Italy, Ukraine, USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, CuraÃ§ao Island, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Albania, Cyprus, Malta, Cape Verde, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
Importance	-
Remarks	-
Karyological information
Geographical area of study	Venezuela.
Source of chromosomes	Kidney tissue.
Number of specimens with sex
Diploid chromosome number	48
Karyotype formula	14m+14sm+6st+14a
Fundamental arm number	82
Chromosome length
Sex chromosome
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Reference(s)	Nirchio M, Rossi AR, Foresti F, Oliveira C (2014). Chromosome evolution in fishes: a new challenging proposal from Neotropical species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12(4): 761-770.