AnAge entry for Austrolebias bellottii

Classification (HAGRID: 03617)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Teleostei
            Order: Cyprinodontiformes
                Family: Aplocheilidae
                    Genus: Austrolebias
Species: Austrolebias bellottii
Common name: Argentine pearlfish
Synonyms: Cynolebias bellottii

Maximum longevity: 3 years
Source: Multiple references, please see bibliography below
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Age-related changes and pathologies are clearly visible in these animals [0524].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[0523] Das (1994), Age determination and longevity in fishes (PubMed)
[0524] Patnaik et al. (1994), Ageing in fishes (PubMed)
[0664] Liu et al. (1975), Effect of temperature-transfer on growth of laboratory populations of a South American annual fish Cynolebias bellottii (PubMed)
[0665] Liu and Walford (1975), Mid-life temperature-transfer effects on life-span of annual fish (PubMed)
[0666] Liu and Walford (1970), Observations on the lifespans of several species of annual fishes and of the world's smallest fishes (PubMed)
[0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase