| General information |
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Rineloricaria microlepdogaster (Regan, 1904) |
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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; Siluriformes; Loricariidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
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| Occurrence |
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| Remarks |
Secondary constriction (sometimes heteromorphic) found on short arm of pair 8. |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Forquetinha River- Canudos do Vale, Rio Grande do Sul (SATL), Brazil. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney cells. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
18 (6 male, 5 female, 7 unidentified) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
68 |
| Karyotype formula |
68st/a |
| Fundamental arm number |
- |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
C-banding heterochromatic blocks detected in pericentromeric regions and on short arm of chromosomal pair 8. 18S rDNA sites coincident with the secondary constriction on pair 8. 5S rDNA sites found on short arms of pair 11. |
| Reference |
Venturelli NB, Takagui FH, Pompeo LRS, Rodriguez MS, da Rosa R, Giuliano-Caetano L. (2021). Cytogenetic markers to understand chromosome diversification and conflicting taxonomic issues in Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Rio Grande do Sul coastal drainages. Biologia 76: 2561–2572. |
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