Description of the karyotype of Geophagus cf. proximus (Perciformes, Cichlidae, Geophaginae) / Descrição do cariótipo de Geophagus cf. proximus (Perciformes, Cichlidae, Geophaginae)

This study described the karyotype of Geophagus cf. proximus. Specimens were collected in Água Preta Lake, Parque Ambiental de Belém, Pará State, Brazil. The karyotype were 2n = 48 chromosomes (FN = 60: 12M/SM+36ST/A) and no sexual chromosome differentiation. C-banding showed centromeric staining in all chromosomes. The first chromosome pair, besides centromeric coloration, presented a totally heterochromatic long arm. The nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) were studied by means of AgNO3. NORs were located at the short arm of the second chromosome pair.

Este estudo descreve o cariótipo de Geophagus cf. proximus. Espécimes foram coletados no lago Água Preta, Parque Ambiental de Belém, Estado do Pará, Brasil. O cariótipo obtido apresentou 2n = 48 cromossomos (NF = 60: 12M/SM+36ST/A), sem diferenciação de cromossomos sexuais. O bandeamento C mostrou marcações centroméricas em todos os cromossomos. O primeiro par cromossômico, além da coloração centromérica, apresentou o braço longo totalmente heterocromático. As regiões organizadoras do nucléolo (RONs) foram estudadas por meio da coloração de AgNO3. As RONs foram encontradas no braço curto do segundo par de cromossomos.

Cytogenetic studies in fishes of the genera Hassar, Platydoras and Opsodoras (Doradidae, Siluriformes) from Jarí and Xingú Rivers, Brazil

We studied the karyotypes of Hassar cf. orestis and an undescribed Hassar species from the Jarí River and Opsodoras ternetzi, H. orestis and Platydoras cf. costatus from the Xingú River, all with 2n = 58. Constitutive heterochromatin is located in the centromere in most metacentric pairs; in some chromosomes this banding is not present, or it is located on the whole chromosome arm or in the distal regions. The NOR is located on a single biarmed pair at a distal region of the short arm in H. cf. orestis, H. orestis and P. cf. costatus at a distal region of the long arm in O. ternetzi and at a proximal region of the long arm in the Hassar species. In all species (except for Hassar sp.) the CMA3 analysis revealed a rich G-C region coincident with the NOR. Probably inversions occurred in the NOR chromosome during the chromosomal differentiation of the Doradidae species here described.