General information |
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| Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 | ||
| Common name | Gilthead seabream | |
| 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; Percomorpharia; Spariformes; Sparidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | Israel; Egypt; Jordan; Syria; Lebanon; Turkey; Russia; Australia; New Zealand; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Mauritania; Senegal; UK; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Romania; Denmark; Ireland; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Cyprus; Gibraltar; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Slovenia; Cape Verde; Tunisia; Western Sahara |
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| Occurrence | Native: Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Russia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Ireland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Western Sahara Questionable: Jordan, Australia Misidentification: New Zealand |
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| Remarks | - |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | PEMARES Experimental Hatchery, El Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz Bay), Spain. | |
| Source of chromosomes | 01-day old larvae, kidney, lymphocyte culture. |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 99 (59 day old larvae, 20 juvenile, 20 adults). |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 48 |
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| Karyotype formula | 4m+4sm+10st+30t. |
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| Fundamental arm number | - |
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| Chromosome length | - |
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| Sex chromosome | - |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | C-bands detected in centromeric areas of some chromosomes. First pair of chromosome is Ag-NOR bearing. One active NOR showed one CMA3 positive band and one rDNA loci was in accordance with Ag-NOR. |
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| Reference(s) |
Garrido-Ramos MA, Jamilena M, Lozano R, Cardenas S, Rejon CR, Rejon MR (1995). Cytogenetic analysis of gilthead seabream Sparus aurata (Pisces, Perciformes), a deletion affecting the NOR in a hatchery stock. Cytogenet. Cell Genet., 68: 3-7. |
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