| General information |
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Gonoproktopterus curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) |
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| Common name | Curmuca barb |
| Valid name |
Hypselobarbus curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) |
| Synonyms |
Cyprinus curmuca Hamilton, 1807 Barbus curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) Gobio curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) Gonoproktopterus curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) Puntius curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) Gobio canarensis Jerdon, 1849 Barbus guentheri Day, 1869 Gonoproktopterus kolus (non Sykes, 1839) Puntius kolus (non Sykes, 1839) |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Endangered (EN) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India |
| Occurrence |
endemic: India |
| Importance |
Food/ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Moovattupuzha river, Todupuzha, ldikki, Kerala, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
8 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
100 |
| Karyotype formula |
18m+38sm+28st+16t |
| Fundamental arm number |
156 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NOR sites on 3 chromosome pairs |
| Reference |
Nagpure NS, Kumar R, Srivastava SK, Kushwaha B, Singh PJ, Gopalakrishnan A, Basheer VS (2005). A Report on High Number of Chromosomes in Three Endemic Fish Species from the Western Ghats of India. Nucleus, 48(3): 165-170. |
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