AnAge entry for Sebastes
Classification (HAGRID: 04130)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Sebastes (Browse taxon)
- Common name
- Rockfishes
- Synonyms
- Sebastichthys, Sebastodes, Pteropodus, Sebastomus
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Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Observations
Rockfishes are extremely long-lived fishes, some of which appear not to age [0022]. A strong relationship between size and age at maturity and maximum longevity has been reported [0807].
References
- [0807] Mangel et al. (2007), Evolutionary analysis of life span, competition, and adaptive radiation, motivated by the Pacific rockfishes (Sebastes) (PubMed)
- [0022] Cailliet et al. (2001), Age determination and validation studies of marine fishes: do deep- dwellers live longer? (PubMed)
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