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Karyotypes in two species of the genusHippocampus (Pisces: Syngnatiformes)

R. VitturiE. Catalano

subject

EcologyZoologyHippocampusKaryotypeAquatic SciencePloidyBiologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsModal NumberGenus Hippocampus

description

Diploid modal numbers of chromosomes 2n=48 forHippocampus ramulosus and 2n=44 forH. hippocampus, collected in the Gulf of Palermo in May 1985, are established. No sex-linked heteromorphic pairs are observed in the two species analyzed. The karyotype ofH. hippocampus seems to be a derived condition.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00644985