AnAge entry for Eviota sigillata
Classification (HAGRID: 04176)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
- Species
- Eviota sigillata
- Common name
- Pygmy goby
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 0.16 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 667
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Presently considered the shortest-lived vertebrate. These animals have a daily mortality of almost 8% [0667].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 36 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 36 days
- Clutch size
- 135 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0667] Depczynski and Bellwood (2005), Shortest recorded vertebrate lifespan found in a coral reef fish (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 637329
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 1248225
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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