Labrisomus nuchipinnis ';
General information
 
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
 
 
Common nameHairy blenny
Synonyms
Clinus nuchipinnis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Clinus pectinifer Valenciennes, 1836
Labrisomus pectinifer (Valenciennes, 1836)
Clinus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838
Clinus pedatipennis Rochebrune, 1880
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Ovalentaria; Blenniimorphae; Blenniiformes; Blennioidei; Labrisomidae.
Geographical distribution
China; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; 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); Benin; Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Gambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Togo; Western Sahara
Occurrence Questionable: China
Native: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, 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), Benin, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Western Sahara
Importance
Food/Ornamental
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study The coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
13 (04 males; 04 females; 5 indeterminate)
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
2st+46a
Fundamental arm number
50
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
NOR are in the terminal portions of the long arms on pair 2, corresponding to the largest pair of acrocentric chromosomes; C-positive heterochromatin present in the centromeric/pericentromeric region of all chromosome pairs.
Reference(s)
Galvao TB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF (2011). Chromosomal complements of some Atlantic Blennioidei and Gobioidei species (Perciformes). Comparative Cytogenetics, 5(4): 259-275.