General information |
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Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783) | ||
Common name | Zebra shark | |
Synonyms |
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IUCN Red List status (2014) | Vulnerable (VU) |
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Habitat | Saltwater |
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Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Galeomorphii; Galeoidea; Orectolobiformes; Stegostomatidae. |
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Geographical distribution | India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; Maldives; Vietnam; Saudi Arabia; Israel; Iraq; Iran; Egypt; Myanmar; Bahrain; Jordan; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; UAE; Yemen; Hong Kong; Cambodia; Macau; Australia; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Tanzania; Madagascar; Somalia; Kenya; Mozambique; Sudan; Eritrea; American Soma; Fiji; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Samoa; Tonga; Djibouti; Mauritius; Reunion |
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Occurrence | Native: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Maldives, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Myanmar, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Macau, Australia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Eritrea, American Soma, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Djibouti, Mauritius, Reunion |
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Importance | ||
Remarks | - |
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Karyological information |
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Geographical area of study | Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan and Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan. | |
Source of chromosomes | Cell culture. |
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Number of specimens with sex | 2 (adults) |
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Diploid chromosome number | 102 |
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Karyotype formula | 20m/sm+4st+78a |
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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 | 18S–28S rRNA genes located on two large-sized submetacentric chromosomes. |
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Reference(s) |
Uno Y, Nozu R, Kiyatake I et al. (2020). Cell culture-based karyotyping of orectolobiform sharks for chromosome-scale genome analysis. Communications Biololy, 3: 652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01373-7. |
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