| General information |
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Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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| Common name | Florida pompano, Carolina pompano |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
Saltwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Carangidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
USA; Mexico; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; Aruba; Barbados; Belize; Curaçao Island; Trinidad and Tobago |
| Occurrence |
native: USA; native: Mexico; native: Brazil; native: Argentina; 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: Guatemala; native: Honduras; native: Aruba; native: Barbados; native: Belize; native: Curaçao Island; native: Trinidad and Tobago |
| Importance |
- |
| Remarks |
- |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
São Sebastião, SP, Brazil |
| Source of chromosomes |
Kidney cells. |
| Number of specimens with sex |
- |
| Diploid chromosome number |
48 |
| Karyotype formula |
8m/sm+40t/a |
| Fundamental arm number |
56 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs located on short arm of 1 pair of acrocentrics. Small heterochromatic blocks present at pericentromeric region of chromosomes and associated to the NORs. |
| Reference |
Rodrigues MM, Baroni S, Almeida-Toledo LF de (2007). Karyological characterization of four marine fish species, genera Trachinotus and Selene (Perciformes: Carangidae), from the Southeast Brazilian Coast. Cytologia, 72(1): 95–99. |
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