| General information |
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Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792) |
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| Common name | Timucu |
| Synonyms |
Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis Li, 1966 Esox marinus Walbaum, 1792 Esox houttuyni Walbaum, 1792 Esox belone houttuyni Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Belone houttuyni Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Esox belone marinus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Esox longirostris Mitchill, 1818 Belona truncata Lesueur, 1821 Belone truncata Lesueur, 1821 Belone almeida Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Belone galeata Valenciennes, 1846 Belone timucu Valenciennes, 1846 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Atherinomorpha; Beloniformes; Belonidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Curaçao Island; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (USA) |
| Occurrence |
native: USA; native: Mexico; native: Brazil; native: Colombia; native: Venezuela; native: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana; native: Panama; native: Cuba; native: Jamaica; native: Puerto Rico; native: Costa Rica; native: Nicaragua; native: Haiti; native: Dominican Republic; native: Guatemala; native: Honduras; native: Antigua and Barbuda; native: Aruba; native: Bahamas; native: Barbados; native: Belize; native: Curaçao Island; native: Saint Kitts and Nevis; native: Saint Lucia; native: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; native: Trinidad and Tobago; native: Virgin Islands (USA) |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Record 1 |
| Geographical area of study |
Paranagua Bay, Parana, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Culture |
| Number of specimens with sex |
Not reported |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
10m+2sm+36a |
| Fundamental arm number |
60 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not reported |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Not reported |
| Reference |
Kartavtseva IV, Ginatulina LK, Nemkova GA, Shedko SV (2013). Chromosomal study of the lenoks, Brachymystax (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) from the South of the Russian Far East. Journal of Species Research, 2(1): 91-98. |
| Record 2 |
| Geographical area of study |
Venezuela. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney tissue. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
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| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
12m+36a |
| Fundamental arm number |
60 |
| Chromosome length |
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| Sex chromosome |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
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| Reference |
Nirchio M, Rossi AR, Foresti F, Oliveira C (2014). Chromosome evolution in fishes: a new challenging proposal from Neotropical species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12(4): 761-770. |
| Record 3 |
| Geographical area of study |
Estuarine complex, Paranaguá Bay, Paraná, Brazil. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Short time tissue culture. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
- |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
10m+2sm+36a |
| Fundamental arm number |
60 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
- |
| Reference |
Cipriano RR, Fenocchio AS, Artoni RF, Molina W, Noleto RB, Kantek DLZ, Cestari MM (2008). Chromosomal studies of five species of the marine fishes from the Paranaguá Bay and the karyotypic diversity in the marine teleostei of the Brazilian Coast. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 51(2): 303-314. |
| Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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