General information |
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| Clarias anguillaris Linnaeus (1758) | ||
| Common name | Mudfish | |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitat | Freshwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Clariidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | Egypt; Algeria; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Mauritania; Sudan; Ivory Coast; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Benin; Burkina Faso; Chad; Ethiopia; Gambia; Mali; Niger; Togo |
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| Occurrence | Native: Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Mauritania, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Togo |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Oyo State Fish Farm, Agodi, Ibadan; Asejire Lake, Osun State and Lekki lagoon, Lagos State, Nigeria. | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 5 |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 56 |
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| Karyotype formula | 33m+12sm+2st+9t |
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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 | - |
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| Reference(s) |
Ifeoluwa OT, Adeogun AO, Bakare AA, Sowunmi AA, Ugwumba AAA, Ugwumba OA (2011). Karyotypic description of six species of Clarias (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from South West Nigeria. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 3(4): 264-273. |
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