| General information |
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Zosterisessor ophiocephalus Pallas, 1881 |
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| Common name | Grass goby, Sazkayası balığı |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Data Deficient (DD) |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Gobiidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Turkey; Russia; Algeria; Morocco; France; Spain; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Cyprus; Malta; Montenegro; Slovenia; Tunisia |
| Occurrence |
native: Turkey; native: Russia; native: Algeria; native: Morocco; native: France; native: Spain; native: Italy; native: Greece; native: Bulgaria; native: Ukraine; native: Albania; native: Bosnia and Herzegovina; native: Croatia; native: Cyprus; native: Malta; native: Montenegro; native: Slovenia; native: Tunisia |
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| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Adriatic Coast of Ancona, Italy |
| Source of chromosomes |
Cephalic kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
16 males and 2 females |
| Diploid chromosome number |
46 |
| Karyotype formula |
44a+2 biarmed microchromosomes |
| Fundamental arm number |
48 |
| Chromosome length |
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| Sex chromosome |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Faint centromeric C- bands on all homologs; Several chromosomes have telomeric C- band. |
| Reference |
Caputo V, Marchegiani F, Sorice M, Olmo E (1997). Heterochromatin heterogeneity and chromosome variability in four species of gobiid fishes (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Cytogenet. Cell Genet., 79: 266-271.
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