Cytogenetic studies in Brazilian marine Sciaenidae and Sparidae fishes (Perciformes)

Fishes from the families Sciaenidae and Sparidae, the former comprising coastal species associated with shallow waters on the continental shelf and the latter composed of typically marine species, are of significant economic value. Karyotypic data are available for about 20% of the total number of s...

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Published in:	Genetics and molecular research Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 358 - 370
Main Authors:	Accioly, I.V, Molina, W.F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil 01-01-2008
Subjects:	Animals Archosargus probatocephalus Brazil Chromosome Banding cytogenetic analysis Cytogenetic Analysis - methods Diploidy heterochromatin Heterochromatin - genetics Karyotyping Marine Marine Biology marine fish Menticirrhus Menticirrhus americanus nucleolus organizer region Ophioscion Ophioscion punctatissimus Pareques acuminatus Perciformes Perciformes - genetics Sciaenidae Sparidae Species Specificity Brazil AS, South Atlantic
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Summary:	Fishes from the families Sciaenidae and Sparidae, the former comprising coastal species associated with shallow waters on the continental shelf and the latter composed of typically marine species, are of significant economic value. Karyotypic data are available for about 20% of the total number of species in these groups. In the present study, cytogenetic analyses were carried out in three Sciaenidae species, Menticirrhus americanus, Ophioscion punctatissimus and Pareques acuminatus, as well as in the sparid fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, using conventional staining (Giemsa) and Ag-nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) and C-banding techniques. The diploid values (2n) and number of chromosome arms were equal to 48 in all species analyzed. NORs were located at pericentromeric positions, equivalent to large heterochromatic blocks, in M. americanus (1st pair), O. punctatissimus (10th pair), P. acuminatus (2nd pair), and A. probatocephalus (3rd pair). Heterochromatin was detected at the centromeric position in most chromosome pairs, being more conspicuous among Scianidae members. The remarkable karyotypic conservativeness detected in these species is similar to that observed in other perciform groups previously studied, regarding both the number of acrocentric chromosomes and NOR location. However, unusual events of heterochromatinization seem to have taken place along the karyotypic evolution of members of the family Sciaenidae. For the family Sparidae, distinct cytotypes between samples of Northeast Brazil and those previously analyzed on the southeastern coast were identified, suggesting that putative biogeographic barriers could be present throughout both regions on South Atlantic coast.
Bibliography:	http://www.funpecrp.com.br/gmr2008b/issue.asp?volume=545&capitulo=549 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1676-5680 1676-5680
DOI:	10.4238/vol7-2gmr427