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Macropodus opercularis

Chordata › Actinopterygii › Perciformes › Osphronemidae
Listed in the source as Macropodus chinensis

21, 23haploid counts

Diploid number in the source: 42, 46

Conflicting counts This record lists more than one count.

The chart below uses the first one, 21. The sources are listed together under Sources.

Closest relatives

No other species in Macropodus. Species in the same family, Osphronemidae:

Sources

  1. Cui, J., X. Ren, and Q. Yu (1991). Nuclear DNA content variation in fishes. Cytologia 56: 425-429.
  2. Hinegardner, R. (1968). Evolution of cellular DNA content in teleost fishes. American Naturalist 102: 517-523.
  3. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
  4. Arai, R. (2011). Fish karyotypes: a check list. Springer Science & Business Media.

The sources are listed together. The data does not say which source reports which count.

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