Table 1. Available cytogenetic data of the genus Epinephelus.
| Species | 2n | Karyotype formula | FN | NORs | C-banding | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. adscencionis | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24)a | C(1-24) | (Molina, Maia-Lima & Affonso, 2002) |
| TR(2) | ||||||
| E. akaara | 48 | 5st + 43a | 48 | / | / | (Wang et al., 2004) |
| E. alexandrinus | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24)a | NC(1-23), SCR(24)a | (Martinez et al., 1989) |
| E. awoara | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24) | NC(1-23), SCR(24)a | (Wang et al., 2012) |
| E. bruneus | 48 | 2m + 4sm + 42a | 54 | SCR(24, 9, 2) | NC (?) | Present study |
| C (?) | ||||||
| SCR(24,9,2) | ||||||
| SA(2) | ||||||
| IR (?) | ||||||
| E. caninus | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24) | / | (Rodríguez-daga, Amores & Thode, 1993) |
| E. coioides | 48 | 2sm + 46a | 50 | EA(24) | C(1-11, 13-24) | (Wang et al., 2010) |
| SCR(5,12) EA(24) | ||||||
| E. diacanthus | 48 | 2sm + 46a | 50 | / | / | (Natarajan & Subrahmanyan, 1974) |
| E. fario | 48 | 4m + 6sm + 4st + 34a | 62 | / | / | (Zheng, Liu & Li, 2005) |
| E. fasciatomaculosus | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24) | / | (Li & Peng, 1994) |
| E. fasciatus | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24) | / | (Li & Peng, 1994) |
| E. fuscoguttatus | 48 | 2sm + 46a | 50 | / | / | (Liao et al., 2006) |
| E. guaza | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24)a | NC(1-23) SCR(24)a | (Martinez et al., 1989) |
| E. guttatus | 48 | 48a | 48 | / | / | (Medrano et al., 1988) |
| E. lanceolatus | 48 | 4st + 44a | 48 | / | / | (Wang et al., 2003) |
| E. malabaricus | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24)a | C(1-24) | (Zou, Yu & Zhou, 2005) |
| ? (5) | EA(24) | |||||
| E. marginatus | 48 | 48a | 48 | SCR(24), TR(2) | C(1-24) | (Sola et al., 2000) |
| SCR(24)a | ||||||
| TR(2) | ||||||
| E. merra | 48 | 4m + 6sm + 4st + 34a | 62 | / | / | (Zheng, Liu & Li, 2005) |
| E. moara | 48 | 4sm + 44a | 52 | SCR(24, 9) | NC(?) | Present study |
| C(?) | ||||||
| TR(?) | ||||||
| E. sexfasciatus | 48 | 2sm + 46a | 50 | / | / | (Chen et al., 1990) |
| E. tauvina | 48 | 2sm + 46a | 50 | / | / | (Raghumath & Prasad, 1980) |
Notes.
- 2n
- diploid number
- a
- acrocentrics
- C
- centromeric
- EA
- nearly the entire arm
- FN
- fundamental number
- IR
- interstitial region
- m
- metacentrics
- NC
- almost indiscemible
- NORs
- nucleolar organizer regions
- SA
- short arm
- sm
- submetacentrics
- st
- subtelocentrics
- SCR
- subcentromeric region
- TR
- telomeric region
- /
- not available
- ?
- not mentioned or measured
- Numbers in parentheses
- the number of chromosome pairs
a
Data estimated from illustrations and text in the respective papers.