Seven-figure pygmy goby

Seven-figure pygmy goby

Taxobox
name = Seven-figure pygmy goby
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Gobiidae
genus = "Eviota"
species = "E. sigillata"
binomial = "Eviota sigillata"
binomial_authority = Jewett & Lachner, 1983

Seven-figure pygmy goby ("Eviota sigillata"), a tiny coral reef-dwelling fish, has the shortest lifespan for a vertebrate. This species only live for 59 days.

References

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* [http://www.current-biology.com/content/issue?volume=15&issue=8 Depczynski M, Bellwood DR (2005) Shortest recorded vertebrate lifespan found in a coral reef fish. Current Biology Vol 15 (8): R288-R289.]

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4530959.stm Fish is shortest-lived vertebrate]

ee also

* Pandaka pygmaea


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