General information |
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| Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) | ||
| Common name | Goldspotted eel, Goldenspotted eel | |
| Synonyms |
Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur, 1825 Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup, 1856 Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup, 1856) Myrichttys oculatus (Kaup, 1856) Ophisurus latemaculatus Poey, 1867 Myrichthys keckii Silvester, 1915 |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Not Reported |
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| Habitat | Saltwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Ophichthidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | USA; Brazil; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; 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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| Occurrence | Native: USA, Brazil, Guyana, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, 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) Questionable: Suriname, French Guiana |
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| Importance | Food/ornamental |
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| Remarks | Nil |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 12 |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 38 |
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| Karyotype formula | 8m+14sm+10st+6a |
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| Fundamental arm number | 70 |
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| Chromosome length | 1.2 to 10 |
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| Sex chromosome | Not detected |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | C-banding revealed heterochromatic regions at the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, AgNORs located on pair 13 (st). |
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| Reference(s) |
Vasconcelos AJM, Molina WF (2009). Cytogenetical studies in five Atlantic Anguilliformes fishes. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 32(1): 83-90. |
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