General information |
Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) |
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Common name | Pacu caranha |
Synonyms |
Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) Myletes mesopotamicus Holmberg, 1887 Myletes edulis Castelnau, 1855 Myletes mitrei Berg, 1895 Colossoma mitrei (Berg, 1895) Colosoma canterai Devincenzi, 1942 Colossoma canterai Devincenzi, 1942 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
Habitat |
Freshwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Serrasalmidae. |
Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Argentina; Uruguay |
Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Argentina; native: Uruguay |
Importance |
Food |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Parana - Plata river basin, Argentina |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
Not reported |
Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
Karyotype formula |
Not reported |
Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
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Reference |
Fenocchio AS, Pastori MC, Roncati HA, Filho OM, Bertollo LAC (2003). A Cytogenetic Survey of the Fish Fauna from Argentina. Caryologia, 56(2): 197-204. |
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