| General information |
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Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) |
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| Common name | Goldspotted eel, Goldenspotted eel |
| Synonyms |
Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur, 1825 Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup, 1856 Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup, 1856) Myrichttys oculatus (Kaup, 1856) Ophisurus latemaculatus Poey, 1867 Myrichthys keckii Silvester, 1915 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Ophichthidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
USA; Brazil; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; 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) |
| Occurrence |
native: USA; native: Brazil; native: Guyana; questionable: Suriname; questionable: French Guiana; native: Cuba; native: Jamaica; native: Puerto Rico; native: Haiti; native: Dominican Republic; native: Anguilla; native: Antigua and Barbuda; native: Aruba; native: Bahamas; native: Barbados; 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) |
| Importance |
Food/ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
12 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
38 |
| Karyotype formula |
8m+14sm+10st+6a |
| Fundamental arm number |
70 |
| 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 pair 13 (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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