AnAge entry for Salvelinus alpinus
Classification (HAGRID: 04104)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salvelinus
- Species
- Salvelinus alpinus
- Common name
- Arctic char
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 40 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Mortality rate increases with age have been reported for wild populations [0524].
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
- [0585] Rochet et al. (2000), Comparative analysis of phylogenetic and fishing effects in life history patterns of teleost fishes
- [0524] Patnaik et al. (1994), Ageing in fishes (PubMed)
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 162001
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8036
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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