AnAge entry for Carassius auratus
Classification (HAGRID: 03529)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Carassius
- Species
- Carassius auratus
- Common name
- Goldfish
- Synonyms
- Cyprinus auratus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 41 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
While known for their often short lifespan when kept as pets, goldfish can have long lifespans, possibly exceeding 40 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
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0402] Bastmeyer et al. (1995), Fish E587 glycoprotein, a member of the L1 family of cell adhesion molecules, participates in axonal fasciculation and the age-related order of ganglion cell axons in the goldfish retina (PubMed)
- [0401] Etoh et al. (1983), Incidence of chromatoblastomas in aging goldfish (Carassius auratus) (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 163350
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 7957
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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