| General information |
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Chaetodon andamanensis (Kuiter & Debelius, 1999) |
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| Common name | Andaman butterflyfish |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Data Deficient (DD) |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Percomorpharia; Chaetodontidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Maldives; Myanmar |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: Indonesia; native: Sri Lanka; native: Thailand; native: Maldives; native: Myanmar |
| Remarks |
- |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Coastal waters of Phuket and Phang Nga Provinces, Andaman Sea, Thailand (two localities). |
| Source of chromosomes |
Anterior kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
10 (5 male, 5 female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
2m+44t+2a |
| Fundamental arm number |
52 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
One pair Ag-NORs observed on long arm subcentromeric region of largest metacentric chromosome pair 1. |
| Reference |
Supiwong W, Boonsuk J, Jantarat S, Suvarnaraksha A, Pengseng P, Tanomtong A (2017). The first chromosomal characteristics of nucleolar organizer regions and karyological analysis of two Chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae). Cytologia 82(1) Special Issue: 33–39. |
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