| General information |
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Cyphocharax modesta (Fernández-Yépez, 1948) |
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| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
- |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characoidei; Curimatidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
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| Occurrence |
- |
| Remarks |
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| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Paranapanema and Tietê Rivers, São Paulo State, Brazil. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney cell |
| Number of specimens with sex |
39 (21 male, 18 female) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
| Karyotype formula |
54m/sm |
| Fundamental arm number |
- |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
No chromosome differences among male and female species. |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs, CMA3 and 18S rDNA signals localized at terminal region of long arm of large metacentric chromosome pair 2. Heterochromatin blocks seen on several centromeric and a few telomeric regions. Conspicuous heterochromatic blocks visualized on long arm of chromosome pair 2. |
| Reference |
De Rosa, LVS, Foresti F, Martins C, Oliveira C, Sobrinho PE, Wasko AP (2007). Cytogenetic analyses of two Curimatidae species (Pisces; Characiformes) from the Paranapanema and Tietê Rivers. Braz. J. Biol., 67(2): 333-338. |
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