General information |
Rhamdia hilarii Bleeker, 1858 |
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Common name | South American catfish |
Valid name |
Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
Synonyms |
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IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
Habitat |
Freshwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Siluriformes; Heptapteridae. |
Geographical distribution |
Mexico; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Ecuador; Uruguay; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; Belize; El Salvador; Trinidad and Tobago |
Occurrence |
native: Mexico; native: Brazil; native: Argentina; native: Colombia; native: Peru; native: Venezuela; native: Ecuador; native: Uruguay; native: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana; native: Panama; native: Costa Rica; native: Nicaragua; native: Guatemala; native: Honduras; native: Belize; native: El Salvador; native: Trinidad and Tobago |
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 |
58 |
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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