General information
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)  
   
Common nameHairy blenny
Synonyms
Clinus nuchipinnis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Clinus pectinifer Valenciennes, 1836
Labrisomus pectinifer (Valenciennes, 1836)
Clinus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838
Clinus pedatipennis Rochebrune, 1880
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Not Reported
Habitat
Saltwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Ovalentaria; Blenniimorphae; Blenniiformes; Blennioidei; Labrisomidae.
Geographical distribution China; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Dominican Republic; 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; Gambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Togo; Western Sahara
Occurrence questionable: China; native: Nigeria; native: Cameroon; native: Ghana; native: Mauritania; native: Ivory Coast; native: Liberia; native: Senegal; native: Guinea; native: Sierra Leone; native: USA; native: Brazil; native: Colombia; native: Venezuela; native: Cuba; native: Jamaica; native: Puerto Rico; native: Haiti; native: Dominican Republic; 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: Gambia; native: Sao Tome and Principe; native: Togo; native: Western Sahara
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 13 (04 males; 04 females; 5 indeterminate)
Diploid chromosome number 48
Karyotype formula 2st+46a
Fundamental arm number 50
Chromosome length Not reported
Sex chromosome Not reported
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH NOR are in the terminal portions of the long arms on pair 2, corresponding to the largest pair of acrocentric chromosomes; C-positive heterochromatin present in the centromeric/pericentromeric region of all chromosome 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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