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Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828

Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Lutjanidae.

Italy; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; CuraÃ§ao 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); Sao Tome and Principe

Food/Sports/Ornamental

04 (02 males; 01 female;01 Immature)

C-banding showed reduced heterochromatic blocks; Multiple NORs were found at pericentromeric region on the 2nd pair and at telomeric position on the 5th chromosomal pair

Rocha EC, Molina WF (2008). Cytogenetic analysis in western Atlantic snappers (Perciformes, Lutjanidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 31( 2) 461-467.

General information

Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)


Common name	Dog snapper
Synonyms	Anthias jocu Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Mesoprion litura Cuvier, 1828
IUCN Red List status (2014)	Not Reported
Habitat	Saltwater
Systematics	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Lutjanidae.
Geographical distribution	Italy; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; CuraÃ§ao 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); Sao Tome and Principe
Occurrence	Stray: Italy Native: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, CuraÃ§ao 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), Sao Tome and Principe Introduced: Bermuda
Importance	Food/Sports/Ornamental
Remarks	Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study	Estuary from Potengi river- Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Source of chromosomes	Not reported
Number of specimens with sex	04 (02 males; 01 female;01 Immature)
Diploid chromosome number	48
Karyotype formula	48a
Fundamental arm number	48
Chromosome length	Not reported
Sex chromosome	Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH	C-banding showed reduced heterochromatic blocks; Multiple NORs were found at pericentromeric region on the 2nd pair and at telomeric position on the 5th chromosomal pair
Reference(s)	Rocha EC, Molina WF (2008). Cytogenetic analysis in western Atlantic snappers (Perciformes, Lutjanidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 31( 2) 461-467.