| General information |
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Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
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| Common name | Mulatto conger |
| Synonyms |
Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788 Muraena anguina Gronow, 1854 Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856 Gymnothorax nigrocastaneus Cope, 1871 Enchelycore nigrocastaneus (Cope, 1871) Gymnothorax umbrosus Poey, 1875 Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, 1920 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Philippines; Taiwan; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Togo |
| Occurrence |
native: Philippines; native: Taiwan; native: Nigeria; native: Cameroon; native: Ghana; native: Ivory Coast; native: Liberia; native: Senegal; native: Guinea; native: Sierra Leone; native: USA; native: Mexico; native: Brazil; native: Colombia; native: Venezuela; native: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana; native: Panama; native: Cuba; native: Jamaica; native: Puerto Rico; native: Costa Rica; native: Nicaragua; native: Haiti; native: Dominican Republic; native: Guatemala; native: Honduras; native: Anguilla; native: Antigua and Barbuda; native: Aruba; native: Bahamas; native: Barbados; native: Belize; native: Bermuda; native: British Virgin Islands; native: Cayman Islands; native: Curaçao Island; native: Grenada; native: Guadeloupe; native: Martinique; native: Montserrat; native: Saint Kitts and Nevis; native: Saint Lucia; native: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; native: Trinidad and Tobago; native: Turks and Caicos Islands; native: Virgin Islands (USA); native: Benin; native: Cape Verde; native: Equatorial Guinea; native: Gabon; native: Gambia; native: Sao Tome and Principe; native: Togo |
| Importance |
Food/ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
St Peter and St Paul Archipelago, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
6 (02 males; 04 females) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
42 |
| Karyotype formula |
6m+8sm+12st+16a |
| Fundamental arm number |
68 |
| Chromosome length |
1.2 to 10 |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
C-banding revealed heterochromatic regions at the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, AgNORs located on the short arms of pair 11 (st). |
| Reference |
Vasconcelos AJM, Molina WF (2009). Cytogenetical studies in five Atlantic Anguilliformes fishes. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 32(1): 83-90. |
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