Animal Genome Size Database:: Species Record

Detailed Record for Forsterygion profundum

Common Name: Deepwater triplefin

Species (alternate): Matanui profundum

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Perciformes / Family Tripterygiidae / Genus Forsterygion

C-value (pg): 0.96

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Hickey, A.J.R. and K.D. Clements (2005). Genome size evolution in New Zealand triplefin fishes. Journal of Heredity 96: 356-362.