Orthospinus franciscencis ';
General information
 
Orthospinus franciscencis (Eigenmann, 1914)
 
 
Common name
Valid name  
Synonyms
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IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
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Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characidae.
Geographical distribution
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Occurrence -
Importance
Remarks
Probably, the valid name of the species is Orthospinus franciscensis (www.fishbase.org).
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Lake at the margins of the Sao Francisco River (Tres Marias, MG, Brazil)
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
27(10 males, 17 females)
Diploid chromosome number
50
Karyotype formula
22m+20sm+2st+6a
Fundamental arm number
94
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Constitutive heterochromatin detected in few chromosomes in centromeric and in distal regions of short arms of submetacentric pair no. 19 and the subtelocentric pair no. 22. Ag-NORs were also located in a distal position on short arm of the subtelocentric pair no. 22, coinciding with a heterochromatic region.
Reference(s)
Moreira PWA, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O (2007). Comparative cytogenetics between three Characidae fish species from the Sao Francisco river basin. Caryologia, 60(1-2): 64-68.