| General information |
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Hypostomus prope plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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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 |
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| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Orinoco River, Venezuela. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney tissues. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
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| Diploid chromosome number |
68 |
| Karyotype formula |
12m+16sm+12st+24a |
| Fundamental arm number |
- |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Two signals of 18S rDNA observed in the short arm of st chromosome pair 16. The species does not present size polymorphism of 18S rDNA, suggesting a conserved status of this character in the species. |
| Reference |
Alves AL, de Borba RS, Pozzobon APB, Oliveira C, Nirchio M, Granado A, Foresti F. (2012). Localization of 18S ribosomal genes in suckermouth armoured catfishes Loricariidae (Teleostei, Siluriformes) with discussion on the Ag-NOR evolution. Comp. Cytogen. 6(3): 315–321. |
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