AnAge entry for Corydoras punctatus
Classification (HAGRID: 04562)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
- Species
- Corydoras punctatus
- Common name
- South American catfish
- Synonyms
- Cataphractus punctatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 8.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 583
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
A specimen of a South American catfish species called /Callichthys punctatus/ reportedly lived 8.8 years [0583]. It is not entirely clear whether this referred to /Corydoras/, though, or to another species of catfish.
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
- [0583] Flower (1925), Contributions to our knowledge of the duration of life in vertebrate animals. I. Fishes
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- ITIS 164317
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