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Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840 |
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Common name | Blacktip sea catfish |
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Valid name |
Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) |
Synonyms |
Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840 Tachysurus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) Arius goniaspis Bleeker, 1857 Arius kirkii Gunther, 1864 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
Habitat |
Saltwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Ariidae |
Geographical distribution |
India; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Iran; Yemen; Tanzania; Madagascar; Kenya; Mozambique |
Occurrence |
Native: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Iran, Yemen, Tanzania, Madagascar, Kenya, Mozambique
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Importance |
Food |
Remarks |
Traumatogenic to humans |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Badwar-peak-beach, Bombay, Maharastra, India |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
3 |
Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
Karyotype formula |
12m+1sm+12st+12A |
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Fundamental arm number |
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Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
Reference(s) |
Rishi KK, Singh J, Haobam MS (1983). Karyological Study on a Marine Catfish Arius dussumieri (Val.) (Ariidae : Siluriformes) Chromosome Information Service, 34: 7-8. |
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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