AnAge entry for Micropterus salmoides
Classification (HAGRID: 04129)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Micropterus
- Species
- Micropterus salmoides
- Common name
- Largemouth bass
- Synonyms
- Grystes nuecensis, Grystes megastoma, Huro nigricans, Grystes nobilis, Labrus salmoides, Pikea sericea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Females appear to outlive males considerably [0442].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,642 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,277 days
- Adult weight
- 5,528 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0442] DLIA All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 168160
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 27706
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
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- Internet
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