%0 Journal Article %T The karyotype of Cathorops sp, a marine catfish from Brazil %A Gomes %A Vicente %A Phan %A Van Ngan %A Passos %A Maria Jos¨¦ de Arruda Campos Rocha %J Boletim do Instituto Oceanogr¨˘fico %D 1992 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0373-55241992000100007 %X cathorops sp has the diploid number of 54 chromosomes. the karyotype comprises lm + sm, 6m, 6sm and 14st pairs. this result is compared with those of other species of ariidae, mainly ariopsis felis and arius dussumieri, found in literature. %K cytogenetic %K chromosomes %K karyotypes %K marine fishes %K ariidae %K cathorops sp %K canan¨¦ia %K brazil. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0373-55241992000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en