Trachinotus falcatus ';
General information
 
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
 
Common namePermit, Yellow-wax pompano
Synonyms
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IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Carangidae.
Geographical distribution
Taiwan; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (USA)
Occurrence Introduced: Taiwan
Native: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands (USA)
Importance
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Remarks
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Karyological information
Geographical area of study São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Kidney cells.
Number of specimens with sex
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Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
10m/sm+38t/a
Fundamental arm number
58
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
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Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ag-NOR located on short arm of an acrocentric chromosome pair. Small heterochromatic blocks located on pericentromeric region of all chromosomes and associated with NORs.
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.