| General information |
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Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) |
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| Common name | Frillfin goby, Cá Bong Chai |
| Synonyms |
Gobius soporator Valenciennes, 1837 Mapo soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) Bathygobius soprator (Valenciennes, 1837) Gobius humeralis Dumeril, 1861 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Gobiidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Vietnam; Angola; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ivory Coast; Senegal; Guinea; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Venezuela; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; 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); Cape Verde; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Sao Tome and Principe |
| Occurrence |
native: Vietnam; native: Angola; native: Nigeria; native: Cameroon; native: Ivory Coast; native: Senegal; native: Guinea; native: USA; native: Mexico; native: Brazil; native: Venezuela; native: Cuba; native: Jamaica; native: Puerto Rico; native: Costa Rica; native: Nicaragua; native: Haiti; native: Dominican Republic; 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: Cape Verde; native: Democratic Republic of the Congo; native: Gabon; native: Sao Tome and Principe |
| Importance |
Food/Ornamental |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
The coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
| Number of specimens with sex |
12 (05 males; 05 females; 02 indeterminate) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
2m+6st+40a |
| Fundamental arm number |
56 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ribosomal sites were on the terminal portions of the short arms on chromosome pair 4; C-banding showed discrete heterochromatic regions in the centromeric regions of most chromosomes and telomeric regions of some acrocentric pairs. |
| Reference |
Galvao TB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF (2011). Chromosomal complements of some Atlantic Blennioidei and Gobioidei species (Perciformes). Comparative Cytogenetics, 5(4): 259-275. |
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