AnAge entry for Pimephales promelas
Classification (HAGRID: 03974)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Genus: Pimephales
- Species
- Pimephales promelas
- Common name
- Fathead minnow
- Synonyms
- Pimephales agassizii, Pimephales anuli, Hyborhynchus confertus, Pimephales fasciatus, Pimephales maculosus, Plargyrus melanocephalus, Pimephales milesii, Hyborhynchus nigellus, Coliscus parietalis, Hyborhynchus puniceus, Cliola smithii, Pimephales promelas harveyensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 2 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 60 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 60 days
- Incubation
- 5 days
- Clutch size
- 4,500 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 163517
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 90988
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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