| General information |
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Muraena pavonina J. Richardson, 1845 |
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| Common name | Whitespot moray |
| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil |
| 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 females |
| Diploid chromosome number |
42 |
| Karyotype formula |
6m+4sm+32a |
| Fundamental arm number |
52 |
| 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 12 (sm). |
| 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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