AnAge entry for Poecilia reticulata
Classification (HAGRID: 03636)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Poecilia
- Species
- Poecilia reticulata
- Common name
- Guppy
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.07/year
- MRDT
- 0.8 years
- Maximum longevity
- 5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 454
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Guppies show features of gradual ageing, including reproductive senescence. One study found that populations under higher extrinsic mortality mature earlier and invest more in reproduction but, surprisingly, live longer, have a longer reproductive lifespan, and do not appear to have an earlier onset of senescence when kept in the lab [0461].
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
- [1150] Jones et al. (2014), Diversity of ageing across the tree of life (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0692] Reznick et al. (2006), The evolution of senescence and post-reproductive lifespan in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) (PubMed)
- [0461] Reznick et al. (2004), Effect of extrinsic mortality on the evolution of senescence in guppies (PubMed)
- [0103] Bryant and Reznick (2004), Comparative studies of senescence in natural populations of guppies (PubMed)
- [0102] Reznick et al. (2001), The evolution of senescence in natural populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata): a comparative approach (PubMed)
- [0101] Strauss (1999), Brain-tissue accumulation of fluorescent age pigments in four poeciliid fishes (cyprinodontiformes) and the estimation of "biological age" (PubMed)
- [0100] Reznick (1997), Life history evolution in guppies (Poecilia reticulata): guppies as a model for studying the evolutionary biology of aging (PubMed)
- [0099] Rocchetta et al. (1993), Parental age effects on body size and growth rate in guppy-fish (PubMed)
- [0098] Reznick (1993), New model systems for studying the evolutionary biology of aging: crustacea (PubMed)
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0097] Ennis and Kunz (1984), Ageing of the collagenous layer in Bruch's membrane of the teleost Poecilia reticulata (PubMed)
- [0693] Comfort (1961), Age and reproduction in female Lebistes (PubMed)
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 165903
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- Taxonomy ID 8081
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