Taxonomy of Finfish (1+2)

6.1.10 Diploid Chromosome

The diploid chromosome number of some commercially important species are given below

Sl.No.	Species	Chromosome No.
1.	Gonostoma bathyphylum	12
2.	Salmo salar	58
3.	Carassius auratus	104
4.	Cyprinus carpio	104
5.	Channa striatus	40
6.	C. gachua	78
7.	C. punctatus	16
8.	Catla, Rohu, Mrigal	50
9.	Oreochromis mossambicus	44
10.	O. niloticus	44
11.	Heteropneustes fossilis	58
12.	Clarias batrachus	50
13.	Grass carp	48
14.	Silver carp	48
15.	Penaeus monodon	88