Pseudophoxinus firati
General information
 
Pseudophoxinus firati Bogutskaya, Kucuk & Atalay, 2006
 
 
Synonyms
Leuciscus ukliva (Heckel, 1843)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Endangered (EN)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae.
Geographical distribution
Turkey
Occurrence Native: Turkey
Importance
Food
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Tohma Creek, Turkey
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
20 (05 males; 15 females)
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
38m/sm+12st
Fundamental arm number
88
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
No sex chromosome differentiation observed.
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
C-band heterochromatin in the pericentromeric regions of 6 pairs of chromosomes. Ag-stained NORs observed on the short arms of 2 pairs of medium-sized submeta-subtelocentric chromosomes.
Reference(s)
Karasu M, Yüksel E, Gaffaroğlu M. (2011). Karyotype, NORs, and C-banding analysis of Pseudophoxinus firati Bogutskaya, Küçük & Atalay, 2007 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) in the Euphrates River, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 35(6): 865-868.
Karyology remarks
Updated.