Karyotypical study on fishes of family Sciaenidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the region of Cananéia, SP Brazil: 2. on the karyotype of Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors
Vicente Gomes
Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto Oceanográfico
Anna Emilia A. de M Vazzoler
Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto Oceanográfico
Phan Van Ngan
Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto Oceanográfico
Cytology, Genetics, Chromosomes, Karyotypes, Marine fish, Sciaenidae, Menticirrus americanus, Cananéia^i2^
Abstract
The chromosomes of M. americanus was studied. The diploid number is 48 acrocentric chromosomes and the haploid number is 24. The diploid DNA content of blood cell nucleus was measured. C- and G- banding techniques were tried.
