General information |
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| Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||
| Common name | Turbot | |
| 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; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Carangaria; Pleuronectiformes; Pleuronectoidei; Scophthalmidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | China; Syria; Lebanon; Turkey; Russia; New Zealand; Algeria; Morocco; UK; Germany; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Iceland; Ireland; Finland; Belgium; Netherlands; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Estonia; Gibraltar; Isle of Man; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Poland; Slovenia; Tunisia |
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| Occurrence | Questionable: China Native: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Russia, Algeria, Morocco, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Slovenia, Tunisia Introduced: New Zealand |
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| Importance | ||
| Remarks | - |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Northwestern, Spain. | |
| Source of chromosomes | Lymphocyte cultures, kidney and peripheral blood. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 34 |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 44 |
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| Karyotype formula | 4m+2sm/st+10st+28a |
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| Fundamental arm number | 48 |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | No sex-specific heteromorphism in male and female karyotypes. |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Ag-NORs, localized in short arm of chromosome pair no. 3, also showed C-band (entire short arm) and chromomycin A3-positive staining. C-bands mainly located at the centromeres, especially in metacentric and several subtelocentric pairs, but also present in some interstitial (Pairs 4, 5, 6, 7, 15) and telomeric (pairs 4, 8, 15) locations. Restriction enzymes (AluI and DdeI) banding produced dark bands, similar to C-banding, in the centromeres of several metacentric and subtelocentric pairs. |
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| Reference(s) |
Bouza C, Sanchez L, Martinez P (1994). Karotypic characterization of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) with conventional, fluorochrome and restriction endonuclease-banding techniques. Marine Biology, 120: 609-613. |
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