Animal Genome Size Database:: Species Record

Detailed Record for Chitala chitala

Common Name: Clown knifefish

Species (alternate): Notopterus chitala

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Osteioglossiformes / Family Notopteridae / Genus Chitala

C-value (pg): 1.08

Chromosome Number (2n): 42

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Ojima, Y. and K. Yamamoto (1990). Cellular DNA contents of fishes determined by flow cytometry. La Kromosomo II 57: 1871-1888.