| General information |
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Osteochilichthys longidorsalis (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994) |
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| Valid name |
Osteochilus longidorsalis (Pethiyagoda &Kottelat, 1994) |
| Synonyms |
Osteochilichthys longidorsalis (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994) Cyprinion longidorsalis (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994) |
| 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 |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Chalakkudy river, Poringalkuthu near Trichur, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
5 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
100 |
| Karyotype formula |
24m+26sm+22st+28t |
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| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NOR sites on 1 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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