General information |
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| Lates calcarifer (Bloch,1790) | ||
| Common name | Barramundi | |
| Synonyms |
Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790 Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822 Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 Lates darwiniensis Macleay, 1878 |
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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; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Latidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; Vietnam; Israel; Myanmar; Hong Kong; Cambodia; Brunei; Australia; Papua New Guinea; Fiji; Marshall Islands; New Caledonia; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu |
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| Occurrence | Native: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Brunei, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Not established: Israel Questionable: Fiji |
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| Importance | ||
| Remarks | Nil |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Andaman sea, Phuket Province, Thailand | |
| Source of chromosomes | Kidney |
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| Number of specimens with sex | 04 (02 females; 02 males) |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 48 |
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| Karyotype formula | 2m+2sm+2a+42t |
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| Fundamental arm number | 52 |
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| Chromosome length | Not reported |
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| Sex chromosome | Not reported |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Presence of single pair of NORs on short arm telomeric region of large acrocentric chromosome pair 3. |
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| Reference(s) |
Phimphan S, Tanomtong A, Supiwong W, Nithikulworawong N, Suvarnaraksha A, Kaewsri S (2015). Karyological analysis of the Barramundi, Lates calcarifer (Perciformes, Latidae). Cytologia, 80(2):167-172. |
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