Seven-figure pygmy goby
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| Seven-figure pygmy goby | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Eviota |
| Species: | E. sigillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 |
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Seven-figure pygmy goby (Eviota sigillata), a tiny coral reef-dwelling fish, has the shortest lifespan for a vertebrate. This species can only live for 59 days.
[edit] References
- "Eviota sigillata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=637329. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Eviota sigillata" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.
- Depczynski M, Bellwood DR (2005) Shortest recorded vertebrate lifespan found in a coral reef fish. Current Biology Vol 15 (8): R288-R289.
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