General information |
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| Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) | ||
| Common name | Purplemouth moray | |
| Synonyms |
Murenophis vicina Castelnau, 1855 Lycodontis vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) Thyrsoidea cormura Kaup, 1859 Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup, 1859 Gymnothorax obscuratus Poey, 1870 Gymnothorax versipunctatus Poey, 1876 Gymnothorax virescens Poey, 1876 Leptocephalus forsstromi Stromman, 1896 Leptocephalus forstromi Stromman, 1896 Gymnothorax cyanopunctatus Howell Rivero, 1932 Lycodontis afer (non Bloch, 1795) Gymnothorax funebris (non Ranzani, 1840) Thyrsoidea cancellata (non Richardson, 1848) Muraena maculipinnis (non Kaup, 1856) Thyrsoidea maculipinnis (non Kaup, 1856) Lycodontis mareii (non Poll, 1953) |
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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; Muraenidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (USA); Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Saint Helena; Sao Tome and Principe |
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| Occurrence | Native: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands (USA), Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe |
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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 | 8 |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 42 |
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| Karyotype formula | 8m+6sm+28a |
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| Fundamental arm number | 56 |
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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 the long arms of pair 11 (a). |
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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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