| Title | Karyological and Chromosomal Study of Catfish (Clariidae, Clarias gariepinus, Burchell, 1822) from Anambra River, Anambra State, Nigeria |
| Author | J.C. Okonkwo and M.O. Obiakor |
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| Abstract | Karyological and Chromosome analysis of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) inhabiting Ananmbra River, Anambra State of Nigeria was carried out using Modified Air-drying technique. Clarias gariepinus was found to have standard karyotype and diploid chromosome number of 2n = 56. The study further revealed that the males and females catfish consist of 8 metacentric, 24 and 25 submetacentric and 24 and 23 acrocentric chromosomes, respectively. The work documented the karyotypic polymorphism of Clarias gariepinus resident in the River. |