Detailed Record for Serrasalmus spilopleura

Common Name: Speckled piranha

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Characiformes / Family Characidae / Genus Serrasalmus

C-value (pg): 1.44

Chromosome Number (2n): 60

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Cyprinus carpio = 1.70pg, Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg

References:
Carvalho, M.L., C. Oliveira, and F. Foresti (1998). Nuclear DNA content of thirty species of Neotropical fishes. Genetics and Molecular Biology 21: 47-54.

Other records available for this species:

Serrasalmus spilopleura = 1.58 (pg)

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