Bathygobius soporator ';
General information
 
Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837)
 
 
Common nameFrillfin goby, Cá Bong Chai
Synonyms
Gobius soporator Valenciennes, 1837
Mapo soporator (Valenciennes, 1837)
Bathygobius soprator (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gobius humeralis Dumeril, 1861
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; Gobiidae.
Geographical distribution
Vietnam; Angola; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ivory Coast; Senegal; Guinea; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Venezuela; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; 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); Cape Verde; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Sao Tome and Principe
Occurrence Native: Vietnam, Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, 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), Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
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
12 (05 males; 05 females; 02 indeterminate)
Diploid chromosome number
48
Karyotype formula
2m+6st+40a
Fundamental arm number
56
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Ribosomal sites were on the terminal portions of the short arms on chromosome pair 4; C-banding showed discrete heterochromatic regions in the centromeric regions of most chromosomes and telomeric regions of some acrocentric 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.