AnAge entry for Pollimyrus isidori
Classification (HAGRID: 03721)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Pollimyrus
- Species
- Pollimyrus isidori
- Common name
- Mormyrid
- Synonyms
- Marcusenius isidori
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 29 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
There are unverified reports that these animals live up to 29 years in the wild [0001], though this could be due to confusion with earlier reports of a captive specimen living up to 28 years [0520].
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
- [0520] Philip Altman and Dorothy Dittmer (1962), Growth including reproduction and morphological development
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 649981
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 91713
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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