Chaetodon andamanensis ';
General information
 
Chaetodon andamanensis (Kuiter & Debelius, 1999)
 
 
Common nameAndaman butterflyfish
Synonyms
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IUCN Red List status (2014)
Data Deficient (DD)
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Percomorpharia; Chaetodontidae.
Geographical distribution
India; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Maldives; Myanmar
Occurrence Native: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar
Importance
Remarks
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Karyological information
Geographical area of study Coastal waters of Phuket and Phang Nga Provinces, Andaman Sea, Thailand (two localities).
Source of chromosomes
Anterior kidney
Number of specimens with sex
10 (5 male, 5 female)
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
2m+44t+2a
Fundamental arm number
52
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
-
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
One pair Ag-NORs observed on long arm subcentromeric region of largest metacentric chromosome pair 1.
Reference(s)
Supiwong W, Boonsuk J, Jantarat S, Suvarnaraksha A, Pengseng P, Tanomtong A (2017). The first chromosomal characteristics of nucleolar organizer regions and karyological analysis of two Chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae). Cytologia 82(1) Special Issue: 33–39.