Table 1 Investigated African and South Asian Cichlids. n, number of analyzed animals; cr, chromosomes; st/a, subtelocentric/acrocentric; m/sm, meta/submetacentric; 1B, one B chromosome detected; 2B, two B chromosomes detected.
From: Chromosome differentiation patterns during cichlid fish evolution
Subfamilies, Major groups and species | Origin | n | Karyotypic formulae | 2n | rDNA sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Etroplinae | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Etroplus maculatus | Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 03 | 18m/sm+18st/a+10micro | 46 | 2cr, m/sm |
Pseu d ocrenilabrinae | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Tilapiines | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Oreochromis aureus | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 03 | 2m/sm+42st/a | 44 | 2cr, st/a |
Oreochromis mossambicus | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 04 | 4m/sm+40st/a | 44 | 3cr, st/a |
Oreochromis niloticus | Tietê river, Botucatu, SP, Brazil CAUNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 22 | 2m/sm+42st/a | 44 | 6cr, st/a |
Oreochromis tanganicae | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 01 | 2m/sm+42st/a | 44 | Â |
Tilapia mariae | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 02 | 8m/sm+32st/a | 40 | 2cr, st/a |
Tilapia mamfe | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 01 | 10m/sm+34st/a | 44 | Â |
Haplochromines | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Astatotilapia burtoni | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 03 | 14m/sm+26st/a | 40 | 2cr, st/a |
Aulonocara baenschi | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 03 | 12m/sm+32st/a | 44 | Â |
Cynotilapia afra | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 01 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Gephyrochromis moorii | Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 03 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Haplochromis livingstonii | Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 01 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Haplochromis obliquidens | Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 96 | 12m/sm+32st/a, 1B or 2B | 44 | 4cr, st/a |
Labeotropheus trewavase | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA; Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 01 | 10m/sm+34st/a | 44 | 2cr, st/a |
Melanochromis auratus | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA; Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 02 | 10m/sm+34st/a | 44 | 2cr, st/a |
Metriaclima barlowi | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 06 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | 2cr, st/a |
Metriaclima gold zebra | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 04 | 12m/sm+32st/a | 44 | 2cr, st/a |
Metriaclima lombardoi | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA; Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 22 | 14m/sm+30st/a, 1B | 44 | 2cr, st/a |
Metriaclima pyrsonotus | Aquac. Facility, UMD, USA | 08 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Pseudotropheus tropheops | Petshop, Botucatu, SP Brazil | 01 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Pseudotropheus zebra | Petshop, Botucatu, SP Brazil | 01 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Pseudotropheus sp | Petshop, Botucatu, SP Brazil | 01 | 14m/sm+30st/a | 44 | Â |
Hemichromines | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Hemichromis bimaculatus | Petshop, Botucatu, SP, Brazil | 01 | 4m/sm+40st/a | 44 | 2cr, st/a |