AnAge entry for Austrolebias adloffi
Classification (HAGRID: 03616)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Austrolebias
- Species
- Austrolebias adloffi
- Common name
- Annual fish
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.07/year
- MRDT
- 0.1 years
- Maximum longevity
- 3.7 years
- Source
- ref. 524
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Mortality rates begin to increase after 10 months of age in females and 6 months of age in males [0524]. At lower temperatures animals live longer, up to 3.7 years.
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0524] Patnaik et al. (1994), Ageing in fishes (PubMed)
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0660] Cooper et al. (1983), Aging changes in lymphopoietic and myelopoietic organs of the annual cyprinodont fish, Nothobranchius guentheri (PubMed)
- [0666] Liu and Walford (1970), Observations on the lifespans of several species of annual fishes and of the world's smallest fishes (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 647155
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- Taxonomy ID 135277
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