General information |
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Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier, 1816) |
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Common name | Bridled burrfish |
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Synonyms |
Diodon antennatus Cuvier, 1816 Cyclichthys antennatus (Cuvier, 1816) |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
Habitat |
Saltwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Tetraodontiformes; Diodontidae. |
Geographical distribution |
South Africa; Mauritania; USA; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; 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) |
Occurrence |
Native: South Africa, Mauritania, USA, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, 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)
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Importance |
Ornamental |
Remarks |
Nil |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil |
Source of chromosomes |
Not reported |
Number of specimens with sex |
4 |
Diploid chromosome number |
52 |
Karyotype formula |
6m+46st/a |
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Fundamental arm number |
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Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs localized on the 2nd chromosome pair in telomeric position, C-bands centromeric on most of the chromosomes. |
Reference(s) |
Gustavo SGL, Molina WF (2005). Karyotype Diversification in Fishes of the Balistidae, Diodontidae and Tetraodontidae (Tetraodontiformes). Caryologia, 58(3): 229-237. |
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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