Detailed Record for Ptychocheilus lucius

Common Name: Colorado pikeminnow

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Cypriniformes / Family Cyprinidae / Genus Ptychocheilus

C-value (pg): 1.26

Chromosome Number (2n): 50

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

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

References:
Gold, J.R. (1994). Cytosystematic evidence that the genus Richardsonius belongs in the western clade of phoxinin cyprinids. Copeia 1994: 815-818.

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