General information |
Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876 |
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Common name | Araçu cabeça gorda |
Synonyms |
Brochis britskii Nijssen & Isbrucker, 1983 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
Habitat |
Freshwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characoidei; Anostomidae. |
Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Argentina |
Occurrence |
native: Brazil; questionable: Argentina |
Importance |
Food |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Araguaia River (Amazon basin), townships of Barra do Garcas-MT and Aragarcas-GO, Brazil |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
04 (3 males; 1female) |
Diploid chromosome number |
54 |
Karyotype formula |
Not reported |
Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs were terminal on the short arms of the ST chromosome pairs number 14 and 16; C- bands were restricted to the terminal position in one A pair and at the interstitial position in one pair of ST chromosomes |
Reference |
Shimabukuro-Dias CK,Oliveira C, Foresti F (2004). Cytogenetic analysis of five species of the subfamily Corydoradinae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 27(4): 549-554. |
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