Stegostoma fasciatum ';
General information
 
Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783)
 
 
Common nameZebra shark
Synonyms
-
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Vulnerable (VU)
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Galeomorphii; Galeoidea; Orectolobiformes; Stegostomatidae.
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
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
Importance
Remarks
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Karyological information
Geographical area of study Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan and Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan.
Source of chromosomes
Cell culture.
Number of specimens with sex
2 (adults)
Diploid chromosome number
102
Karyotype formula
20m/sm+4st+78a
Fundamental arm number
-
Chromosome length
-
Sex chromosome
-
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
18S–28S rRNA genes located on two large-sized submetacentric chromosomes.
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.