AnAge entry for Oncorhynchus kisutch

Classification (HAGRID: 04093)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Teleostei
            Order: Salmoniformes
                Family: Salmonidae
                    Genus: Oncorhynchus
Species: Oncorhynchus kisutch
Common name: Coho salmon

Maximum longevity: 5 years (wild)
Source: ref. 1
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: The salmon ages and dies shortly after spawning. It is not considered ageing but rather sudden death.

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
[0014] Leonard Hayflick (1994), How and Why We Age
[0265] Ekstrom et al. (1992), A morphometric study of age-related changes in serotonin-immunoreactive cell groups in the brain of the coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch Walbaum (PubMed)
[0266] Specker et al. (1992), Asynchrony of changes in tissue and plasma thyroid hormones during the parr-smolt transformation of coho salmon (PubMed)
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0267] Ebbesson et al. (1987), Changes with age in total brain concentrations of biogenic amine neurotransmitters in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch Walbaum) (PubMed)
[0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase