| General information |
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Orthopristis ruber (Cuvier, 1830) |
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| Common name | Corocoro grunt, Cotinga |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Percomorpharia; Haemulidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Honduras; Aruba; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Trinidad and Tobago |
| Occurrence |
native: Brazil; native: Colombia; native: Venezuela; native: Guyana; native: Suriname; native: French Guiana; native: Honduras; native: Aruba; native: Curaçao Island; native: Grenada; native: Trinidad and Tobago |
| Importance |
- |
| Remarks |
- |
| Karyological information |
| Record 1 |
| 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 |
48a |
| Fundamental arm number |
48 |
| 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 2 |
| Geographical area of study |
Central canal of Guanabara Bay, RJ, Brazil. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Cephalic kidney. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
43 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
2sm+46st/a |
| Fundamental arm number |
50 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
No chromosomal differences detected between sexes. |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
C-banding revealed presence of centromeric and telomeric constitutive heterochromatin in all chromosomes, with more conspicuous in subtelo-acrocentric pairs number 3, extending to paracentromeric region. |
| Reference |
Brum MJI, Corrêa MMO, Oliveira CC, Galetti Jr. PM (1995). Cytogenetic studies on the Perciformes Orthopristis ruber (Haemulidae) and Scartella cristata (Blenniidae). Caryologia, 48(3-4): 309-318. |
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