General information |
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| Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | ||
| Common name | Florida pompano, Carolina pompano | |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Not Reported |
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| Habitat | Saltwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Carangidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | USA; Mexico; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; Aruba; Barbados; Belize; Curaçao Island; Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Occurrence | Native: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Curaçao Island, Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Importance | - |
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| Remarks | - |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | São Sebastião, SP, Brazil | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney cells. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | - |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 48 |
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| Karyotype formula | 8m/sm+40t/a |
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| Fundamental arm number | 56 |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | - |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Ag-NORs located on short arm of 1 pair of acrocentrics. Small heterochromatic blocks present at pericentromeric region of chromosomes and associated to the NORs. |
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| Reference(s) |
Rodrigues MM, Baroni S, Almeida-Toledo LF de (2007). Karyological characterization of four marine fish species, genera Trachinotus and Selene (Perciformes: Carangidae), from the Southeast Brazilian Coast. Cytologia, 72(1): 95–99. |
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