AnAge entry for Distichodus niloticus
Classification (HAGRID: 03822)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Citharinidae
Genus: Distichodus
- Species
- Distichodus niloticus
- Common name
- Nile distichodus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 583
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Adult weight
- 3,410 g
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
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 640967
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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