General information |
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| Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 | ||
| Common name | Black jack, Kalufanihandi | |
| 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 | India; Japan; Indonesia; Philippines; Taiwan; Maldives; Oman; Australia; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Angola; Nigeria; Cameroon; Mozambique; Ghana; Ivory Coast; USA; Mexico; American Soma; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Hawaii; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Samoa; Tonga; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Comoros; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Mauritius; Reunion; Saint Helena; Sao Tome and Principe; Seychelles; Togo |
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| Occurrence | Native: India, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Maldives, Oman, Australia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ghana, Ivory Coast, USA, Mexico, American Soma, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Hawaii, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Benin, Cape Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mauritius, Reunion, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Togo |
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| Importance | Commercial and game fish |
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| Remarks | ||
Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago located in the mid-Atlantic | |
| Source of chromosomes | Anterior kidney |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 17 individuals, 8 (morphotype I) and 9 (morphotype II) |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 48 |
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| Karyotype formula | 6 sm + 42 a |
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| Fundamental arm number | 54 |
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| Chromosome length | Not reported |
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| Sex chromosome | Not reported |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Ag-NORs sites were located on the terminal portion of the short arm of chromosome pair 1 and the 18S rDNA sites coincided with Ag-NOR marking. The 5S rDNA sites were situated on chromosome pair 9 (morphotype I) and on chromosome pair 9 & 15 (morphotype II). |
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| Reference(s) |
Jacobina UP, Martinez PA, Molina WF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Garcia Jr J (2014). Morphological and karyotypic differentiation in Caranx lugubris (Perciformes: Carangidae) in the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, mid-Atlantic Ridge. Helgoland Marine Research, 68:17–25 |
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