Karyotypes of three species of marine catfishes from Brazil

The chromosomes of three species of fishes belonging to the family Ariidae -Netuma barba, Genidens genidens and Amis parkeri - were studied after conventional Giemsa staining. All three species have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 56. The karyotype comprises 18 metacentric (m), 18 submetacentric...

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Main Authors: Vicente Gomes, Van Ngan Phan, Maria José de Arruda Campos Rocha Passos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1994-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87591994000100004